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August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Joseph Partridge (American, 1792-1833) Portrait of Joseph Chapman

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$584$475
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Joseph Partridge (American, 1792-1833)

Portrait of Joseph Chapman
Inscribed and dated "Painted by Jos. Partridge, May 15th, 1825 (age 41 years)" on the backboard.
Watercolor on paper, 8 x 6 in., in a gilt molded frame.
Condition: Toned and with scattered small spots.

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, February 1980, Lot 1432; Mike Gordon, Storrs, Connecticut, March 16, 1980.

Literature: Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "Joseph Partridge, Painter," The Magazine Antiques, September 1984, pp. 582-89; Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "Genealogy and Historical Research: On the Importance of Genealogical Methodology in Researching Early New England Folk Portraitists," in The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 2001),p. 249.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Mike Gordon, Joseph Chapman, Sybil B. Kern, Storrs