American Art
American Art
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
George Howorth
Alexander Hamilton
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:21 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Passion of American Collectors:
Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
George Howorth
1805 – 1864
Alexander Hamilton
oil on canvas
31 by 25 1/8 inches
(78.7 by 63.8 cm)
Painted circa 1853.
Mercantile Library Association of Boston, circa 1853 (commissioned from the artist)
(probably) Macbeth Galleries, New York
Stephen C. Clark, Sr., New York
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 2017, lot 24)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
(probably) Macbeth Galleries, New York
Stephen C. Clark, Sr., New York
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 2017, lot 24)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Princeton, New Jersey, Morven Museum and Garden, Princeton: A Capitol Place, 2008-2009
As indicated on a plaque affixed to the frame, the present work was commissioned by the Mercantile Library Association of Boston on the recommendation of Edward Everett. Howorth modeled this portrait after John Trumbull’s likeness of Alexander Hamilton, a version of which is in the White House Historical Association.