$1,778
John B. Neagle (Pennsylvania, 1796-1865) Portrait of Songwriter and Poet Marshall S. Pike (1818-1901). Unsigned, the artist and subject identified on a plaque below and inscriptions to verso. Oil on canvas, depicting Marshall Pike seated beside a window and sheet music of a song titled Home Again, which he composed, 34 x 27 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Small patch repair u.c., scattered retouch. Exhibitions: Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, April 12, 1925-May 13, 1925, with partial exhibition label on stretcher and accompanied by the exhibition catalog, the portrait illustrated p. 19. Several areas of retouch including cheeks and chin, several areas to clothing and background.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04
