$10,800
Ammi Phillips (American, 1788-1865) Portrait of Mary Ingraham Holding Her Spectacles and a Bible, c. 1830. Unsigned, the back of the canvas inscribed "M. Ingraham 1829." Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in., in a period, probably original, painted and gilt-stenciled wood frame. Condition: Puncture u.l., scattered paint loss, stable craquelure. Provenance: Family descent through marriage, purchased from them for a Tucson, Arizona, woman, by Philadelphia antiques dealers, then to the consignor in 1982. Correspondence indicates there was an associated portrait painted by Phillips of Mary's daughter, Lucy Hamilton, the child of Mary (Hillyard) and John Hamilton. It also states that Mary's first husband, John Hamilton, died in the 1820s, and that Mary remarried a gentleman by the name of Asa. B. Ingraham around 1828. A painting by Phillips of Lucy Hamilton was sold at Northeast Auctions, The Bisnoff Collection, October 27, 2007, Lot 662.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
