06-10-200106-10-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2076
June 10, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
275

American School

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$2,875$2,500
Auction: Sale #2076 - 2076Location: BoltonDate / Time: June 10, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

American School, 19th Century Portrait of James C. Butler (1838-1855). Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 24 in., in gilt gesso frame. Condition: Varnish inconsistencies. N.B. In 1854, the 16 year old Butler signed on to sail with the ship "Indiaman," bound for Hong Kong. In several letters home, sold with this lot, the boy recounted the ship's difficult voyage, and his impressions of Hong Kong and its inhabitants. Also included in the lot is the U.S. Consul's letter to Butler's father informing him of his son's lingering death at the Peruvian port of Callao in November, 1855.
Estimate $1,000-2,000

Keywords

James C. Butler, Butler, American School, port of Callao, Consul