Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2468Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 09, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a New Bedford, Massachusetts Sea Captain. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 27 x 21 in., housed in a period bird's-eye maple frame. Condition: Scattered paint losses, minor retouch.
Estimate $2,000-4,000
Identification of sea captain reported by consignor, the absolute identity is unknown, small paint losses on hair at left side of head, a few small scattered spots on jacket, small spots of retouch to left facing side burn, eye, jacket, background, tears to canvas on upper right and left stretcher edges.