ID 883953
Lot 537 | WILLIAM M.S. DOYLE (1769-1828)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF SARAH AND ROBERT DEAN
Metal plaques attached to each frame are engraved Sarah S.L. Dean (1782-1850) and Robert Dean (1775-1822); the portrait of Mr. Dean bears a printed label on the reverse inscribed Ambrose Crane/ Importer and Manufacturer of/ Looking Glasses/ No. 135/ Broadway New York/ Near the City Hotel/ Carving and Gilding of Every Description Done in the Newest Manner
pastel on paper
26 x 21 3/4 in. (each)
Painted circa 1818
Provenance
Childs Gallery, Boston, 1973
Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little, Brookline, Massachusetts
Sotheby's, New York, 29 January 1994, lot 340
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lowder, Columbus, Ohio
Marguerite and Arthur Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut
Christie's, New York, 18 January 2008, lot 603
Literature
Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "The Pastel Portraits of William M.S. Doyle," The Clarion (Fall, 1988), pp. 41-47.
Nina Fletcher Little, Little by Little (New York, 1984), p. 126, figs. 163 and 164.
| Artist: | William M. S. Doyle ( 1769-1828 ) |
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| Applied technique: | Pastel on paper |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | William M. S. Doyle ( 1769-1828 ) |
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| Applied technique: | Pastel on paper |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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