James Guild (Vermont/New York, 1797-1841) Portraits of Phineas and Janette McArthur Bailey

Description:

James Guild (Vermont/New York, 1797-1841)

Portraits of Phineas and Janette McArthur Bailey
Inscribed "J. Bailey 1818 By James Guild" and "P. Bailey By James Guild" below the images.
Watercolor on paper, 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in., in molded frames.
Condition: Minor toning, closed tears, wrinkles with associated pigment loss.

Provenance: Duane Merrill Auction, Williston, Vermont, July 21, 1987.

Literature: Arthur and Sybil Kern, "James Guild: Quintessential Itinerant Portrait Painter," The Clarion, Vol. 17, No. 2, Summer 1982, p. 49.

Note: The sitters are reported to be from Berkshire, Vermont.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,500-2,500

The man has a repaired tear extending from the left edge to the his face and from the top edge into his hair. The woman has a closed tear extending from the right edge to just in front of her mouth as well as surface abrasions and associated pigment loss.


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