Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884) Portrait of William Pierce Loring

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Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884)

Portrait of William Pierce Loring
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in., in a molded ebonized frame with gilt liner and modern eglomise mat.
Condition: Toned, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Robert Thayer, New York, July 26, 1981.

Note: William Pierce Loring was born in Boston about 1795, the son of Matthew and Agnes or Nancy Loring. He was a goldsmith and customs officer.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $500-700


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