Premier Auction - Session II - July 15, 2023
Sat, Jul 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 973
Thomas Sully
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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 |
(British/Pennsylvania, 1783-1872)
Portrait of Ellen Shepherd Brooks (Mrs. Gorham Brooks), 1831, signed with initials "TS 1831" right side center, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; possibly original period gilt wood frame, 40 x 34 in.
Exhibited: Fogg Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, n.d. (presumably, loan label frame verso); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (presumably, label verso).
Literature:
Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872) (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1921), entry #203, p. 107.
Condition
mounted cradled Masonite panel, minor retouch, stabilized crackle, scattered scuffs to background, surface accretions; frame with wear, abrasions, cracking
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By descent within the family of the sitter; Bonhams Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts, 02/01/2013, lot 382, sold for 18,000; Private Collection
