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THBAbraham Lincoln Reverse Painting on Glass Attributed to William Matthew Prior
Lot 198
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Choice Abraham Lincoln Reverse Painting Portrait on Glass Attributed to Artist William Matthew Prior (1806 to 1873)
c. 1865 Civil War Era, Impressive Abraham Lincoln Hand-Painted Reverse Painting Portrait on Glass, Attributed to William Matthew Prior (1806 to 1873), Framed, Extremely Fine.
Artist William Matthew Prior (May 16, 1806 - January 21, 1873) was a popular American Artist known for his portrait paintings of families and children, as well as well known figures such as this Abe Lincoln, others include Ben Franklin, George and Martha Washington, etc., all being accomplished in a lovely Folk Art style. This current Portrait of a bearded President Abraham Lincoln is very handsome, the President shown dressed in his fine black suit coat against a dark background. The Painting itself measures 19.75" x 23.75" (by sight) and is within its original simple black wooden frame measuring to 23.25" x 27.25". Minor retouch on the tip of Lincoln's nose, otherwise the portrait is in excellent vivid condition with choice eye appeal. The back of the original wood frame still bears the frame maker's label: "Coates & Dixon, Gilders, Boston. His works are in many museums and institutions around the United States including the Harvard Art Museums, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art. A truly beautiful, historical "Folk Art" design painting of Lincoln, ready for display. Of special note, this cataloger recently viewed a similar image of this historic piece hung on a wall decorating a room in the White House in an episode of the current television show "Sole Survivor".
William Matthew Prior (May 16, 1806 - January 21, 1873) was an American folk artist known for his portraits, particularly of families and children. The son of Captain William, a shipmaster, and Sarah Bryant Prior, William Matthew Prior was born in Bath, Maine on May 16, 1806. Prior completed his first portrait in 1823, at the age of 17 after training under Charles Codman, another Maine-based painter.
In 1840, Prior moved to East Boston, Massachusetts from his native Bath with his in-laws, notably fellow painter Sturtevant J. Hamblin, to invigorate his career as an artist. The paintings of Prior and Hamblin, when unsigned, are so similar in style as to be indistinguishable, and are commonly attributed to the "Prior-Hamblin School". According to the 1852 directory of Boston, Prior lived at 36 Trenton Street in East Boston.
He was a follower of the preacher William Miller, who prophesied that the end of the world was imminent. Prior wrote two books about Miller's teachings, The King's Vesture (1862) and The Empyrean Canopy (1868).
Prior died on January 21, 1873 and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts.
About 1,500 portraits are attributed to Prior. His works are in many museums and institutions around the United States including the Harvard Art Museums, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art.
Prior is the subject of an exhibition, Artist and Visionary: William Matthew Prior Revealed, shown at the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York (May 26 - December 31, 2012) and subsequently at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City (January 24 - May 26, 2013).
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