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John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- John Singleton Copley
- Reverend Joseph Sewall
- oil on canvas
- 30 by 25 in.
Provenance
Descended in the family of the sitter;
George C. Chapin, Esq;
Robert B. Campbell Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts;
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1950;
IBM International Foundation;
Sotheby's, New York, American Paintings Drawings and Sculpture, September 14, 1995, sale 6736, lot 21;
Alan Miller, Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
George C. Chapin, Esq;
Robert B. Campbell Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts;
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1950;
IBM International Foundation;
Sotheby's, New York, American Paintings Drawings and Sculpture, September 14, 1995, sale 6736, lot 21;
Alan Miller, Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Exhibited
IBM travelling exhibition, American and British Portraits, February 1962-1964;
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, Portraits by Americans: Eighteen Portraits from the IBM Collection, December 1976-January 1979.
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, Portraits by Americans: Eighteen Portraits from the IBM Collection, December 1976-January 1979.
Literature
Frank W. Bayley, The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley, Boston, Massachusetts, 1915, p. 223;
Barbara Neville Parker and Anne Bolling Wheeler, John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel and Miniature with Biographical Sketches, Boston, Massachusetts, 1938, p. 267;
Jules David Prown, John Singleton Copley: In America 1738-1774, vol. 1, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966, pp. 45, 56, 57, 98, 228, illustrated fig. 196;
George Parker, “Merchants and Planters: American Portraits of the Colonial Period and the Early Republic,” Wisconsin Academy Review: A Journal of Wisconsin Culture, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall 1997, illustrated on back cover.
Barbara Neville Parker and Anne Bolling Wheeler, John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel and Miniature with Biographical Sketches, Boston, Massachusetts, 1938, p. 267;
Jules David Prown, John Singleton Copley: In America 1738-1774, vol. 1, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966, pp. 45, 56, 57, 98, 228, illustrated fig. 196;
George Parker, “Merchants and Planters: American Portraits of the Colonial Period and the Early Republic,” Wisconsin Academy Review: A Journal of Wisconsin Culture, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall 1997, illustrated on back cover.
Condition
The canvas has been trimmed and wax-lined. There is frame abrasion along all edges and a new stretcher has been added. Under UV: there is scattered inpainting throughout.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.