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American & Southern | March 13, 2025

Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1120

Pastel Portrait of Solomon Dickenson

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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(American, 19th century)

Brigadier General and Maryland State Senator (1778-1838), unsigned, pastel on paper, sight 20 x 15 in.; period carved gilt wood frame 26 x 21 x 1-3/4 in. 

Provenance: By descent in the Dickinson family to the present owner; Ann Dickinson Dale, Princeton, New Jersey (according to label verso); Freeman's, November 15, 2022, sold for $500.; Private Texas Collection

Note: According to prior auction records, Solomon Dickenson was a Major in the 12th Maryland Brigade during the War of 1812; a Brigadier General in the Maryland Militia; and a Maryland State Senator in 1836.

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By descent in the Dickinson family to the present owner; Ann Dickinson Dale, Princeton, New Jersey (according to label verso); Freeman's, November 15, 2022, sold for $500.; Private Texas Collection

not examined out of sealed frame, strong color, water staining at lower edge; frame with wear and losses