James Peale Sr.

Ozias Ansley, Staten Island, New York
John Ansley (the sitter)
Andrew Ansley (his brother)
By descent in the Ansley family, until 1933
Ehrich Gallery, New York
Private collection
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Irving Levitt, by 1978

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, circa 1822-1850

Frederic F. Sherman, "Two Recently Discovered Portraits by James Peale" Art in America, October, 1933, vol. 21, p. 114-21, no. 22
Charles H. Elam, ed., The Peale Family: Three Generations of American Artists, Detroit, 1967, p. 77, no. 79, illustrated

Generally in good condition. The canvas is lined. Craquelure throughout surface. Under ultraviolet light: an old thick varnish, small dots of inpainting throughout, especially in background, at ends of hairline on forehead and under the sitters lower lip, along with areas at edges to address frame abrasion.
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