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THBBenjamin Greenleaf (1769-1821 Massachusetts-New Hampshire) Reverse-Painted Portraits of a Vermont Reverend and His Wife
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LiveDec 10, 2016 - Dec 11, 2016
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- Lot Description
Benjamin Greenleaf (1769-1821, Massachusetts-New Hampshire). A pair of reverse painted portraits on glass, the man's portrait with painted title Rev James W. Woodward Norwich Vermont. His wife, Sarah Partridge (1786-1827), is identified in ink on the verso backing board of the second portrait, with the notation painted in 1810. Both housed in period frames; 13.5 x 9.75 in. (sight, each), 16.25 x 12.75 in. (frame, each).
While Greenleaf was not previously known to have worked in Vermont, these and the following portrait add to a small body of work done in that state. For another Vermont portrait, see Skinner, American Furniture and Decorative Art, October 27, 2013, Lot 12.
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dr. James and Betty Sutherland, Cincinnati, OH
Condition
Scattered paint loss to wife's portrait,
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