Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828), Mrs. Samuel Parkman, née Sarah Rogers (1755-1835)

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Lot Description

Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)

Mrs. Samuel Parkman, née Sarah Rogers (1755-1835)
Unsigned, dated to ca. 1807-10 by Lawrence Park (see below).
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. (76.0 x 63.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, scattered minor paint losses, craquelure.

Provenance: Through the Parkman family to Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, Boston and Prides Crossing, Massachusetts; by family descent to Mrs. Quincy Adams Shaw McKean; by descent to the current owner.

Literature: Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart, An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926), Volume 2., no. 611.

Exhibitions: On loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, October 28, 1922-November 24, 1923 (with the loan number 416.22).

N.B. This portrait is a copy made by Gilbert Stuart of his original portrait of Sarah Rogers Parkman. The Parkmans' daughter, Elizabeth Willard Parkman (b. 1785) was married to Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853), grandfather of the Civil War officer who bore his name.

We would like to thank Dr. Dorinda Evans for her kind assistance with cataloging this lot.

Condition

Condition: Framed dimensions are 38 1/2 x 33 3/8 x 3 inches.
The outermost decorative section/layer of the front of the frame is separating from the back.

Boston Museum of Fine Arts loan label dated 1922 affixed to the stretcher credits the lender as Quincy Adams Shaw.

With a typed label providing geneology, starting from the sitter and extending over four generations to "Quincy Adams Shaw married Augustine van Wickle," affixed to the stretcher. Fragmentary framer's label from C.E. Clifford, London, overlapping the stretcher and frame, and a label from Foord & Dickinson, London, affixed to the frame.

Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.
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