$19,975
Attributed to John Carlin (New York City, 1813-1891) Portrait of Ellen F. (b. 1839) and Her Brother George Lemuel Clark (1845-1851), New York, c. 1850, unsigned. Oil on canvas. Ellen, who is about 11 years old at the time, sits at left, wearing a blue dress with white pantaloons and black shoes, with a bouquet of flowers resting on her lap. Her brother George, who is five or six years old, stands to her right dressed in a short burgundy velvet shirt trimmed with white lace and gold buttons, his left arm balanced on a hoop and stick and his hand resting on the bouquet in his sister's lap, seemingly positioned under the shade of a tree with pastoral landscape of fence, road and barn, ht. 48 1/2, wd. 38 1/2 (sight) in. in a replaced giltwood frame. Condition: good, re-lined, minor touch-up, re-varnished. Note: Accompanying this lot is a hinged silver carte de visite , which has scrolled edges and a decorated engraved central reserve that reads "E. H. Clark" in script. This belonged to Ellen Howe Clark, mother of the sitters in this portrait and wife of Thomas J. G. Clark. ht. 3 1/2, wd. 2 1/4 in. Provenance: This portrait was purchased directly from descendants of the family. Family history acquired at the time of purchase. Asenath Perry married Perley Howe of Framingham, Massachusetts, March 1815 and had three children: Ellen (b. Jan. 31, 1816); George (b. Aug. 30, 1817); and Benjamin F. (b. June 18, 1819). Ellen Howe married Thomas J.G. Clark of Framingham, Massachusett Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-06-05
