Rufus Hathaway (Massachusetts, 1770-1822) Portraits of Joshua and Ruth Winsor

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Rufus Hathaway (Massachusetts, 1770-1822)

Portraits of Joshua and Ruth Winsor
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 38 x 25 in., in black- and gold-painted molded frames.
Condition: Relined, craquelure with significant inpainting.

Provenance: Joshua Winsor to Ellis Winsor, 1797; to his daughter, Deborah Cushman Winsor, and by her to the New England Historic and Genealogical Society on October 9, 1893 (according to Nina Little) or more probably October 19, 1904, according to entry in NEHGS record; in September 1983 the portraits were in the collection of Peter Tillou Gallery, Litchfield, Connecticut, and in May 1987 in the collection of the Vose Gallery, Boston. It appears that the paintings were then bought by Richard Kanter. Acquired by the Kerns from Kanter on January 19, 2002.

Literature: James B. Bell and Cynthia Dunn Fleming, "Paintings at the New England Historic and Genealogical Society," The Magazine Antiques, November 1976, p. 993.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $15,000-25,000


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