Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2680BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 27, 2013 10:00AM
Description:
Attributed to Joseph Whiting Stock (Massachusetts, 1815-1855)
Portrait of Sea Captain Coffin of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Unsigned, the subject identified in painted inscriptions on verso. Oil on canvas, depicting the captain holding a spyglass with a view of his ship in a harbor with lighthouse and other vessels, 33 x 27 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Four patch repairs with associated retouch, other minor retouch, stable craquelure.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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