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August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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American School, 19th Century Portrait of Charles Richardson Jr. with a Hockey Stick and Ball

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$25,830$21,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Portrait of Charles Richardson Jr. with a Hockey Stick and Ball
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 21 x 17 1/4 in., in an ebonized molded frame.
Condition: Relined, new stretcher, retouch especially at top of image.

Provenance: Bertram K. and Nina F. Little Collection, Sotheby's, October 21, 1994, Lot 976.

Literature: The Book of Games: or a History on Juvenile Sports at the Kingston Academy, New York, 1822; Harriet W. Marr, "Amusements and Athletics in the Old New England Academies," Old Time New England, Vol. XLIV, No. 3, January-March 1954, p. 91.

Exhibitions: Land and Seascape as Observed by the Folk Artist, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Virginia, January 31-May 11, 1969.

Note: Sitter identified on an old jelly label on the back. Charles was the eldest child of Charles and Miss Going of Groton. The portrait is thought to depict Groton (now Lawrence) Academy in the background.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $10,000-15,000


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Keywords

Charles Richardson Jr., Harriet W. Marr, Sybil Kern, Nina F. Little, Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller