Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2365Location: BostonDate / Time: June 03, 2007 11:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of Nantucket Sea Captain Russell with View of Nantucket. Unsigned, sitter identified on label affixed to the reverse. Oil on Academy board, c. 1845, 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in., in a later molded wood frame. Condition: Retouch.
Provenance: Formerly in the Bennett Marine Collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Estimate $1,200-1,500