Description:
American School, 19th Century
Pair of Portraits of John Batchelor Bull and Caroline Philbey Bull, New York State
Unsigned.
Oil on panel, 27 x 22 in., in molded walnut part-ebonized and parcel-gilt frames.
Condition: Scattered inpainting.
Provenance: By descent through the Pooler family of New Jersey.
Note: John Batchelor Bull married Caroline Philbey in July of 1827. The letter in John's portrait is addressed to "Mr. John Philbey/London."
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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