JOHN WESLEY JARVIS | PORTRAIT OF THE HONORABLE SAM MCCOUN MAYOR OF TROY, NEW YORK

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January 26, 08:38 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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JOHN WESLEY JARVIS (1781 - 1840)

PORTRAIT OF THE HONORABLE SAM MCCOUN MAYOR OF TROY, NEW YORK

oil on canvas

circa 1828

33 ¼ by 26 in.

in a period giltwood frame; inscribed on verso Samuel McCoun/ Son of John and Elizabeth McCoun/ Born 10TH September 1772./ Died 28TH March 1830.

The honorable Samuel McCoun (1772-1830) married Margaret Snow (1780-1847) in 1801 and served as Mayor of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York from 1828-1830.