(Missouri/Maryland, 1800-1885)
Portraits of David Barnum (c. 1770-1844) and his wife, Ann Kirby Barnum (1775-1866), circa 1830-40, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 25 in.; original gilt wood and composition frames, grime, crackle, abrasions, scattered retouch with deterioration to tacking edges, she laid down on fiberboard, test clean patches; frames with losses to composition. Notes: For a stylistically similar portrait see
Mrs. Theodore Denny, circa 1830-35, illustrated in the catalogue by Wilbur Hunter and John Mahey,
Miss Sarah Miriam Peale 1800-1885: Portraits and Still Life, The Peale Museum. Baltimore, 1967. Provenance: Barnum/Mclaughlin Family, Baltimore, Maryland; by descent
Condition
grime, crackle, abrasions, scattered retouch with deterioration to tacking edges, she laid down on fiberboard, test clean patches; frames with losses to composition