Attributed to Gilbert Stuart (England and America 1755-1828) Portrait of Judge Thomas Dawes, Jr. (1758-1825)

Description:

Attributed to Gilbert Stuart (England and America 1755-1828)

Portrait of Judge Thomas Dawes, Jr. (1758-1825) Boston, c. 1806. Unsigned. Oil on panel, the Judge with his direct gaze is seated in an armchair with gilding and red upholstery on which he rests his right arm, sight size 32 x 25 1/2 in., in an identical original gilt leaf-carved frame as the previous lot. Condition: Cleaned, minor inpainting and revarnishing.

Provenance: Judge Thomas Dawes jr. is the son of Colonel Thomas Dawes, in the previous lot. The provenance is identical to that lot. Deaccessioned from the New Bedford Whaling Museum-Old Dartmouth Historical Society, proceeds to benefit the acquisition and conservation fund.

Note: Judge Thomas Dawes Jr. was also born in Boston. He was graduated from Harvard in 1777 and a member of the State Constitutional conventions, which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1789. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts from 1792 until 1803, of the municipal court from 1803 to 1823 and lastly a judge of the probate until his death in 1825. He married Margaret Greenleaf in 1781.

Note: The notes regarding Gilbert Stuart and his use of a textured panel in the prior lot apply to his portrait also.

Literature:The Magazine Antiques November, 1979 article cites this lot as well as the previous.


Estimate $10,000-15,000

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