Lot 1667
  • 1667

SARAH PERKINS (1771 - 1831) | Major Andrew Billings

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Sarah Perkins
  • Major Andrew Billings
  • oil on canvas
  • Height 30 1/2 by Width 24 in.
  • circa 1785

Provenance

Maze Pottinger Antiques, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan;
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III; Sotheby's New York, April 30, 1981, sale 4593, lot 62;
Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Earl;
Christie's New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, January 21, 1989, sale 6742, lot 383.

Exhibited

The Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia, American Folk Paintings: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III, November 1977-June 1979;
American Federation of Arts, New York, American Folk Paintings: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III, No. 2;
Yorktown, Virginia Bicentennial Commission, Patriotic Folk Art, November 1979-March 1980.

Literature

Colleen Heslip and Helen Kellogg, "The Beardsley Limner Identified as Sarah Perkins," Antiques, September 1984, pp. 548-565, pl. IV.

Condition

Significant inpainting throughout. Appears to have had several large tears in the canvas that have subsequently been repaired. Right hand with significant inpainting. Mounted on masonite. Frame: Height 36 1/4 in. by Width 29 3/4 in.
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