Day 1: American, Southern & Modern Works
Fri, Jan 15, 2016 05:00PM EST - Sun, Jan 17, 2016 05:00PM EST
Live Auction
Lot 91
Thomas Sully
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(Pennsylvania/Britain, 1783-1872) Portrait of Mary Roane Ritchie Green, Virginia (1811-1842), completed in 1833, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 25 in.; original Sully type gilt wood and composition frame, lined, some points of retouch at restorations at top of head and at chest, crackle; frame possibly conserved with good surface. Notes: Literature: Hart, Charles Henry, [A Register of Portraits Painted by Thomas Sully 1801-1871], Philadelphia, #657 and described "Green, Mrs., 'formerly Miss Ritchie'/ Bust 1833" p.73. Provenance: Estate of Mary Ritchie Simmons Tutterow by descent in the Aimer and Simmons Families of Charleston, South Carolina; Private Collection;
Mary Roane Ritchie Green (1811-1842, Virginia) was the daughter of Isabella Fouche and Thomas Ritchie, the longtime editor and publisher of the Richmond Enquirer, and one of the most influential members of the Democratic Party. Mary’s sister Isabella married George Evelyn Harrison, and she became mistress of Brandon Plantation located on the James River in Virginia. Mary married Thomas Green, a prominent Richmond attorney, and they had one daughter, Emily born in 1840. Emily married Sydney Ashe Legare of Charleston, South Carolina, and their daughter Sarah Seabrook Legare married Morton Waring Simmons. Their son, Thomas Ritchie Simmons was the father of Mary Ritchie Simmons Tutterow, who passed away in 2014.
Condition
lined, some points of retouch at restorations at top of head and at chest, crackle; frame possibly conserved with good surface
