Auction:

American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482

Location:

Boston

Date / Time :

November 08, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Anglo-Irish School, Early 19th Century

Lot of Six: Five Henley Family Portraits and a Portrait of Rev. Thomas Corcoran. Artist and subjects identified on frame plaques or on the reverse, the artist "Mulhany," the subjects: Elizabeth Henley 1795-1875, Frances Henley, wife of John Sampson (1800-1872), Anna Margaret Henley (1805-1872), John Henley (1809-1853), and Maria Henley (no dates given), together with a portrait of Reverend Thomas Corcoran. Watercolor on card, oval format, c. 1820, dia. 5 1/2 in., in carved giltwood frames. Condition: Three with insect holes, minor toning.
Estimate $800-1,200

All are lighly tacked on edges to gilt oval format.

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