Important Americana

Important Americana

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 93. Attributed to John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854).

Property from the Collection of Vance Peacock and Darren Bryenton, Savannah, Georgia

Attributed to John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854)

Brother and Sister: A Pair

Auction Closed

January 25, 06:34 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 24,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

oil on canvas

circa 1800

25 in. by 22 ½ in.


the portrait of the sister with pencil inscription on verso stretcher member of Richard Bradley family, Brattleboro, Vermont about 1800.


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John Kenneth Byard, Norwalk, Connecticut;

Donald Robbie, Blauvelt, New York;

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Auction, August 7-8, 1993, lot 479.

These portraits may be of Jonathan Dorr Bradley (1803-1862) and his adopted sister Emily Penelope Bradley (1799-1865) or his sister Merab Ann Bradley (1806-1845) who lived in Westminster, Windham County, Vermont.