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THBThomas Sully
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Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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LiveJan 15, 2016 - Jan 17, 2016
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- Lot Description
(Pennsylvania/Britain, 1783-1872) Portrait of Mary Roane Ritchie Green, Virginia (1811-1842), completed in 1833, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 25 in.; original Sully type gilt wood and composition frame, lined, some points of retouch at restorations at top of head and at chest, crackle; frame possibly conserved with good surface. Notes: Literature: Hart, Charles Henry, [A Register of Portraits Painted by Thomas Sully 1801-1871], Philadelphia, #657 and described "Green, Mrs., 'formerly Miss Ritchie'/ Bust 1833" p.73. Provenance: Estate of Mary Ritchie Simmons Tutterow by descent in the Aimer and Simmons Families of Charleston, South Carolina; Private Collection;
Mary Roane Ritchie Green (1811-1842, Virginia) was the daughter of Isabella Fouche and Thomas Ritchie, the longtime editor and publisher of the Richmond Enquirer, and one of the most influential members of the Democratic Party. Mary’s sister Isabella married George Evelyn Harrison, and she became mistress of Brandon Plantation located on the James River in Virginia. Mary married Thomas Green, a prominent Richmond attorney, and they had one daughter, Emily born in 1840. Emily married Sydney Ashe Legare of Charleston, South Carolina, and their daughter Sarah Seabrook Legare married Morton Waring Simmons. Their son, Thomas Ritchie Simmons was the father of Mary Ritchie Simmons Tutterow, who passed away in 2014.Condition
lined, some points of retouch at restorations at top of head and at chest, crackle; frame possibly conserved with good surface
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