Benjamin Blyth (Massachusetts, 1746-1786),Portrait of a Man in a Blue Jacket, a Member of the Perkins Family, Newburyport, Massachuset

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Benjamin Blyth (Massachusetts, 1746-1786)

Portrait of a Man in a Blue Jacket, a Member of the Perkins Family, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Unsigned, identified on a label on the back.
Pastel on laid paper on board, 22 x 17 1/4 in., in a modern black-painted frame.
Condition: Board split, scattered abrasions, water staining at lower and upper edges.

Provenance: Roger Bacon; Nina Fletcher Little Collection; Northeast Auctions, August 1, 2009, Lot 491.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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