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American School, Late 18th Century
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Description
- American School, Late 18th Century
- Young Gentleman in Dark-Green Coat, Yellow Vest Smoking a Clay Pipe
- oil on canvas
- 24 by 20in.
- 61 by 50.8cm
Catalogue Note
In what appears to be the original giltwood and gesso frame. The canvas has an old, circa 1840 relining, and bears the suppliers stamp: Prepared by O. Stearns, Boston.
The canvas stamp is that of O. Stearns (Oliver Stearns) who worked as a supplier in Boston in the 1840’s. (See Alexander Katlan, American Artists’ Material Suppliers Directory, Vol. 1, (1987), p. 456, fig.15); the stamp dated 1848. The portrait dates significantly earlier, suggesting that the portrait was more likely relined circa 1848, and of Boston-area ownership. Based on the style of the clothing, the date would be in the late 1780s or early 1790s.