Lot 623
  • 623

Frederick Mayhew (1785-1854)

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Description

  • Frederick Mayhew
  • A set of three miniature portraits of a sea captain, a woman and a man
  • watercolor, pen and ink on paper
  • from 3 3/8 to 3 1/2 in., 2 3/8 in. to 2 7/8 in. 8.1 to 8.9cm, 5.4 to 7.8cm
painted in New Bedford, Massachusetts circa 1820-1835; in their original gilt and brass-over-wood frames.



The sea captain with his spyglass under his arm; the woman in a faded red dress with white ruff; the man wearing a black jacket, white vest and shirt.

Provenance

Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Vermont

Catalogue Note

For Mayhew's oil paintings of Captain and Mrs. James Townsend, see Kendall Whaling Museum Paintings, cat. 143 and 144.