08-14-201108-14-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 14, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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American School, 19th Century Pair of Portraits of Thomaston, Maine, Shipbuilder Rufus Counce and His Wife Lucy.

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Pair of Portraits of Thomaston, Maine, Shipbuilder Rufus Counce and His Wife Lucy. Inscribed "Painted by A.G.H. 1834" on the verso, both sitters identified in inscriptions on the stretchers. Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 23 in., in period molded giltwood frames. Condition: Very good.

Literature: See History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, by Cyrus Baton, Hallowell: Masters, 1865, p. 188. Rufus C. Counce was born June 8, 1795. He married Lucy Healy Spear on June 5, 1820, and his occupation was shipbuilder.
Estimate $400-600

Keywords

Thomaston, Maine, Rufus Counce, American School, South Thomaston, Rufus C. Counce, Cyrus Baton