11-19-201511-19-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 19, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Alexander Hay Ritchie (American, 1822-1895),After Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906) Lady Washington's Reception

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Auction: Discovery - 2863MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 19, 2015 10:00AM

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Alexander Hay Ritchie (American, 1822-1895),After Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)

Lady Washington's Reception. Signed in the plate, and with the publisher's information "Emil Seitz Publisher, New York" l.c. Engraving with hand coloring, image size 21 1/2 x 35 1/4 in., framed. Condition: Mild toning, not examined out of frame.

N.B. This engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie was made after Daniel Huntington's 1861 painting, The Republican Court (Lady Washington's Reception Day), now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Huntington was commissioned to create it expressly for reproduction as a marketable print. To differentiate between the two, the print was retitled. The scene includes sixty-four individual portraits of notables of the day gathered at one of Lady Washington's Friday evening receptions. (1)

1.http://www.humanitiestexas.org/archives/digital-repository/ritchie-lady-washington%E2%80%99s-reception-1867 accessed 10/22/2015
Estimate $200-400

The lower left corner of the frame is sprung, with a resulting small crack in the glass at that corner.


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