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September Premier Auction: Day 2

Sat, Sep 16, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 17, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Lot 464

Rare Civil War Portrait, Confederate General/Mayor

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(mid-19th century)

A rare pair of southern portraits: Jared Irwin Whitaker (1818-1884), the 14th and Civil War Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and his wife, Nannie Allen Whitaker (1830-1901), unsigned, in male portrait, lower left, inscribed "Hon. Jared Irwin Whitaker/Atlanta", oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 25 in.; matching  19th century painted wood frames,

Condition

both with original stretchers, darkened varnish, crackle, stretcher marks: he, with three large patches verso with related retouch, other scattered retouch, she, with extensive flaking and associated retouch affecting approximately 25% of surface, lined with wax and linen; frames with losses and resurfaced

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