Attributed to Reson B. Crafft (1809 - 1877)

A Gentleman with Ledger Book and Account Books: Harding Penniman Woods of Westborough, Massachusetts

Lot Closed

January 20, 07:35 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Oil on canvas

Circa 1837

33 by 27 in.; frame 39 1/2 by 33 1/4 in.

Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Painting and Silver, October 24, 1987, sale 5622, lot 258.

Painted circa 1837; inscribed in several places in the open account book: Mssrs. Hall & Chapman, Boston, 1836 and Boston, 1837. Harding Penniman Woods was born April, 1792 and died August, 1866.