Lot 387
  • 387

WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR (1806 - 1873) | Abby Staples: A Half-Length Portrait

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • William Matthew Prior
  • Abby Staples: A Half-Length Portrait
  • oil on masonite
  • 12 3/4 by 9 5/8 in.; 32.4 by 24.2 cm
  • circa 1830
the single board on the reverse is inscribed Abby H. Staples born Jan 23 - 1848 died Augt 13 - 1851 painted from...; bears a Collection Nelson A. Rockefeller label to the reverse

Condition

There some small areas of craquelure. There is a dark scratch from her right shoulder to the middle of her chest, there are few other minor scratches.
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