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THBAttributed to Joseph Steward (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, 1753-1822)
Lot 245
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Bonhams Skinner’s August Americana auction features an interesting selection of fine and historic antiques for the discriminating collector including a rare relief-carved double-sided portrait of General George Washington by Samuel Macintire Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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Attributed to Joseph Steward (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, 1753-1822)
Pair of Portrait of Sarah Chaplin Howard with Child and James Howard, Hampton, Connecticut
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 31 in., in modern gilt molded frames.
Condition: Re-lined, craquelure, some restoration.
Sold with a pair of framed daguerreotypes of the paintings.
Provenance: Sarah Howard (1761-1847) was the daughter of Benjamin Chaplin, founder of Chaplin, Connecticut. This portrait was commissioned by her husband, James, three years after they were married. James Howard Jr., the first of their six children, sits on her lap. He graduated from Yale in the class of 1806 and subsequently served in the state legislature.
James Howard of Hampton, Connecticut, was a partner in a stagecoach line which ran from Providence, Rhode Island, to Middletown, Connecticut; as well as owner of several mills on the Little River, which is pictured in lot 105. In addition, he farmed and was a money lender. According to Hampton's town records, James Howard was a patriot who served on constitutional committees. He died in 1811 in Hampton, Connecticut. These portraits descended in the family, from whom they were purchased in Abington, Connecticut, in 1975. That purchaser is the consignor.
Note: Joseph Steward, who was born in Upton, Massachusetts, attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1780. Subsequently, he painted in New Haven and then studied for the ministry in Preston, Connecticut. After a short time in Newport he moved to Hampton, Connecticut in 1788, where he served as an interim pastor for Reverend Samuel Moseley and also began his portrait painting career. Around 1791, Steward crossed paths with the important Connecticut portrait painter Ralph Earl. Steward's portraits of the Wheelocks of Dartmouth College as well as these Howard portraits show Earl's influence as they include interiors, windowed landscapes, and more highly developed modeling and handling of textures.Condition
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