$17,625
Justus DaLee (New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, c. 1826-1847) Three Miniature Portraits, c. 1835, of DaLee's Family; and Seven Letters by Him, Chatauqua County, New York, 1837-71; and His Family Record of the DaLees and Demings. The miniatures are watercolor, graphite, and ink half-length profiles of three seated persons in black and white attire: (A) Richard DaLee, younger brother to whom Justus wrote in one of the accompanying letters (See inscribed envelope "R.W. M. DA LEE Esq. Salem x Roads Chautauque (sic) Co. N.Y.") (B) A young woman with curls, Hannah Maria Minton DaLee who was married to Richard DaLee; and (C) A woman wearing a bonnet, Mehetable Demings DaLee, wife of John Kennicott DaLee, another brother of Justus DaLee, two are identified on the reverse in period script: (A) "R.M. DaLee Born October 18, 1809 Died May 6, 1868" (B) "H.M. DaLee" (C) "Mehetable Deming DaLee wife of John Kennicott DaLee Lucy Young's grandmother (this script of later origin). Sight sizes (A) 2 5/8 x 2, (B) 4 x 3 1/2, (C) 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in., all are in original pine molded gilded frames. Condition: (C) The portrait of Mehetable includes some water stains. In the seven letters written to his family and included in this lot: Justus DaLee writes about his family, his wife, and his children: Mary Ann, Amon, Cornelia, Almanzon, Harriet, William, and Albert Waterman who was called "Waterman," and about his life as a painter and the times in which he was living, his scarcity of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-06-06
