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Sat, May 16, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1179
Charles Willson Peale
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
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(Pennsylvania, 1741-1827)A Clergyman, said to be Dr. William Schaffer, minister, circa 1790, unsigned, oil on canvas, 36 x 27 in.; 18th century gilt wood frame, 42-3/4 x 33-1/2 in.Note: Exhibited: The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, loan of the month, June-July, 1967Literature: Sellers, Charles Coleman,˜Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale,˜Transactions of The American Philosophical Society, volume 42, 1952, illustrated p. 327, p. 257, Nos. 1026, 244.Provenance: Hiram D. Rickert, Yardley, Pennsylvania; Eunice Chambers, Thomasville, South Carolina, 1962 (accompanied by correspondence); Property of Philip and Charlotte Hanes, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Brunk Auctions, March 10-11. 2012, lot 505; Property From a Franklin, Tennessee Historic Home Note: Exhibited: The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, loan of the month, June-July, 1967Literature: Sellers, Charles Coleman, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale, Transactions of The American Philosophical Society, volume 42, 1952, illustrated p. 327, p. 257, Nos. 1026, 244.
restretched on new stretcher, lined, retouch at small points in face with most in background, collar and clothes affecting up to 20 percent of surface, crackle, areas of overcleaning, restoration by Paul Moro, Inc., New York, 1967, then by Charles H. Olin, Great Falls, Virginia, 1977 (with copy of conservation report); frame with some resurfacing
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