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Original Drawings by Vernon Howe Bailey

Vernon Howe Bailey (1874- 1953) was a well known and respected artist of the early Twentieth Century. Having studied at both the Pennsylvania Museum School and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Bailey's abilities were recognized through painting, printmaking, and illustration. In his early career, he worked as staff artist at the Philadelphia Times and the Boston Herald. He then spent several years living and working in various European cities before being commissioned by the US Government to do "war works" illustrations at navy yards, gun shops, ammunition factories, etc. His major popularity lies in both his naval illustration and his architectural drawings. The majority of the sketches listed below were used during Bailey's days as a newspaper illustrator, designed to be used in those publications. The titles written in pencil were probably done by the publishers as a way to catalogue the numerous drawings.

Locations

New York City

• New York, view with Woolworth Building. Graphite. Signed. 18 x 24. $1,400
  (sold with Skyscrapers of New York, 1928.)

Philadelphia

• Market Street, Philadelphia. 9 1/2 x 15 3/4. $450

Camden, NJ

• Woman on Federal St., Camden (NJ). 15 1/4 x 10 1/4. $125

New England

• The New Music Hall 1899.(now Symphony Hall, Boston ) 10 x 20. $250
• New England Scenes 1898. (Mohegan Bluffs) 14 x 18. Crease in lower right corner. $150

England

• Procession June 20 Indian Troops Passing Thru Wellington Arch. 11 x 15.
• Royal Artillery Salute at Sign of Coronation. 8 3/4 x 11 1/2.
• [interior of choir, (Westminster?)] 6 x 10. Tear throughout image.
• Leaving the Abby [Westminster] after the Coronation. 11 x 15.
  $450 for set of 4

Vatican

• The Vatican. (interior staircase) Lithograph. 12 x 8 1/2. $85

Paris

• Paris Opera. 10 x 8 1/2. $175
• Couple in dog drawn cart (Dutch?). 9 1/4 x 14. $125

Schools

• Harvard Students, the Lawn Party at the Charleston Club. 10 1/4 x 14.
• Athalia at Harvard. 15 1/4 x 13.
  $450 for the pair

• Class Day, MIT, Sceen on the Lawn of the Institute of Technology 1899. 14 1/4 x 18 1/4. $300
• Pair of views of Pennsylvania Museum School, one with "Venon Howe Bailey 1890") 10 1/4 x 13 and 5 1/4 x 13 1/4. $375 for pair

  
  

Fire Scenes

• Boston Fire. 17 x 18.
• The Fire at Boston and Main. 14 x 13.
• Fireman's Parade 20 1/2 x 16 3/4.
• The Fitchburg Elevator Fire. 14 1/4 x 12 1/4.
• Scene after a fire. 16 x 10.
• Trying to Rescue Chief Egan and his Comrades. 12 x 12.
• [fire scene with trolleys]. 16 1/4 x 21 3/4.
  $1,800 for set of 7

History

• Roosevelt addressing the Republican Convention at the Music Hall. 12 1/2 x 18 1/4.
• The Signers of the Spanish American Treaty by the Peace Commission. (all of the signers names are written in pencil with one written in crayon) 15 1/2 x 18 1/2.
• Ted. Roosevelt At the Republican Convention. 13 1/4 x 18 1/2.
• President McKinley Making His Address. 15 1/4 x 16 1/2. (several tears)
  $1,600 for set of 4

Military

• Illumination of Warships- Boston Harbor. 12 x 20 1/2.
• Prisoners Landing at Seavey Island, Going Abroad the Transport Barge. 12 x 19.
• The End of the Battle. 5 1/2 x 16.
• The Transport Fleet on the Way to Cuba Convoyed by US Vessels. 10 1/2 x 19 1/2.
  $1,500 for the set of 4

• Quarters of Naval Officer- Boston Navy Yard. 9 1/4 x 14 1/2.
• The "Leaf" in Motion. 16 1/2 x 15 1/4. Crease in top right corner.
• Sketchers on and about the USS Minnesota HD QTS …., 16 1/2 x 18 1/2.
• New Hampshire July 1898. 12 x 16.
• Arrival of First Regiment Heavy Artillery at Fort Warren. 14 x 18.
• 1898, Springfield Mass, Recruits for Spanish American War. 13 x 17.
• The Scene around the New York…….church on board the Massachusetts. 18 x 19.
• Operator Astride Torpedo. 11 x 15.
• Sailors Leaving the Ships to Take Part in the Land Parade. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2.
  $1,600 for the set of 9

• The Steamer Jaunita Running Down the New Yacht Wahneta in the Harbor. 12 1/4 x 16 1/4. $200
• 1898 Spring, Mass Recruits for Spanish American War. 13 1/4 x 17 1/4. $250
• Watercolor scene of Thomas J. Feeney, of the Boston Herald at the release of prisoners of the Maine 12 1/4 x 20. $300

  
  

Miscellaneous

• [Building of the Wilson Dam 1 (Alabama)]. 18 x 24. Lithograph. Signed in pencil. $850
• [Building of the Wilson Dam 2]. 24 x 18. Lithograph. Signed in pencil. $850
• [Building of the Wilson Dam 3]. 24 x 18. Lithograph. Signed in pencil. $850

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