watercolor on paper or cardstock, comprising a landscape depicting multiple structures, a theorem-style still life depicting shells, and theorem-style grape cluster and thorn rose drawings. Three inscribed "Mrs Kate James" to verso, shell example with labels for A.C. Vogler & Son, Furniture Dealers and Undertakers, Winston-Salem securing sheet to mat, grape example with label for Huntley, Hill & Stockton Furniture on backing cardboard. Each housed under glass, period and later frames. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 7 1/2" x 11 3/4" and 10" x 7 3/4" sheets.
Provenance: From the Eddie Tatum estate collection, Winston-Salem, NC.
Purchased at the circa 1987 Public Auction of Antiques and Personal Property of Mrs. Rex Freeman, 725 Miller St., Winston-Salem.
Catalog Note: The identity of Kate James has not been established. She is listed in the 1908 Winston-Salem City Directory as the wife of P. James at 715 Main St., and again on her own in the 1910 Directory living at 710 E. 5th St. She also appears in 1908 and 1909 court listings against Jacob James. The two labels noted above indicate framing in the early 1900s.