(American, 1755-1828)
Portrait of William Reed (1776-1837), unsigned, oil on canvas, 36-1/4 x 27 3/4 in.; unframed
Provenance: (According to Park) Collection of Ellen Ingersoll Broughton, in 1900 (niece of the sitter), wife of Henry Edward Waite of West Newton, Massachusetts
According to Lawrence Park, Reed was a merchant from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and served as a representative from his state in the twelfth and thirteenth congresses, from March 1811-March 1815.
Park, Lawrence, John Hill Morgan, and Royal Cortissoz. 1926. Gilbert Stuart : An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works. New York: William Edwin Rudge, number 693, p. 636, vol. II.
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(According to Park) Collection of Ellen Ingersoll Broughton, in 1900 (niece of the sitter), wife of Henry Edward Waite of West Newton, Massachusetts
as-found condition, original canvas and stretchers, significant wear overall commensurate with age, canvas not attached at top edge, various small holes near all the edges, none in sitter's face, overall dirt and yellowed varnish, surface tear in sitter's hand, not through canvas, remnants of illegible collection card at lower right corner recto, crackle, stretcher marks
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