William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts, Maine, 1806-1873) Portraits of the Honorable Rufus Soule and Susan Mitchell Soule

Description:

William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts, Maine, 1806-1873)

Portraits of the Honorable Rufus Soule and Susan Mitchell Soule
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 26 x 22 in., in molded gilded frames.
Condition: Small spots of paint loss at liner.

Note: Rufus Soule (1785-1867) was a ship builder, merchant, legislator, and senator from Freeport, Maine. Accompanying the portraits are late 19th century photographs of these paintings.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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