$4,029
American School, 19th Century Portrait of Harriet Loud Howe. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 1/4 in., in an ornate gilt-gesso frame; accompanied by a family bible with a genealogy of Reed family members, and a presentation inscription written by Harriet to a young Reed family member. Condition: Minor craquelure. Provenance: This portrait and that of a child, lot 1243, were passed down by descent through members of the Shaw, Reed, Loud, and Howe families. Note: Harriet Loud Howe was born February 28, 1795, the daughter of Eliphalet and Hannah (Blanchard) Loud of Weymouth, Massachusetts. She was the first wife of Dr. Appleton Howe (b. 1792), a graduate of Harvard who practiced medicine in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and was notable in civic and state affairs. Harriet died childless on November 15, 1848.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
