Important Americana
Important Americana
Property from a South Carolina Collection
RALPH EARL | PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HENRY CAPERS OF ST. HELENA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
RALPH EARL
(1751 - 1801)
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HENRY CAPERS OF ST. HELENA, SOUTH CAROLINA
oil on canvas
1788
36 ¼ by 30 in.
signed above the sitter's knee Earl Pinxt 1788, the letter in the sitter's hand inscribed Willm H. Capers Greenwich Connecticut.
William Henry Capers of the parish of St. Helena, South Carolina, married Abigail Burr, sister of General Gershom Burr, both of whom Earl painted in 1789.