Lot 305
  • 305

John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • John Ritto Penniman
  • Portrait of Dr. Lawson Myrick and Wife
  • oil on panel
  • 19 1/2 in. by 16 1/4 in.
Painted circa 1830.

Provenance

Meinhard Galleries, circa 1965.

Exhibited

Worcester, Massachusetts, The Worcester Art Museum, "The Work of John Ritto Penniman", 1982.

Literature

The Magazine Antiques, July 1981, p. 163-164.

Condition

In paint scattered in her hair; minor scattered in-paint in background; heavy reflecting varnish on both.
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