Building America: The Wolf Family Collection

Building America: The Wolf Family Collection

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James Sharples

William Samuel Johnson

No reserve

Auction Closed

April 21, 08:50 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

James Sharples

William Samuel Johnson

circa 1820


10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)

Kennedy Galleries, New York
Northeast Auctions, The Pamela & Donald Levine Collection of American Glass & Lighting 1825-1875, August 5, 2005, lot 1490
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1238 (acquired from the above on October 11, 2005)
William Samuel Johnson led a distinguished career as a lawyer, a member of the Federal Convention, and the first President of Columbia College. A handwritten inscription on the backing paper identifies the sitter.