* William Matthew Prior (1806-1873)

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Description

William Matthew Prior
A Portrait of a Boy in a Dark Blue Outfit, with Whip and Dog
oil on academy board
14 3/4 by 10 3/4 in. 37.4 by 27.8cm

painted circa 1845; the original backboard with the pencil inscription Luther Dean and the artist's signature W.M. Pryor below; in the original mahogany veneered frame.

Provenance

Descended in the Ohio family of the sitter
Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York

Catalogue Note

The subject of this painting is possibly Luther Dean. A a young boy by that name was born in Sandusky, Ohio, about 1840, and a genealogical index accompanies this lot.