ATTRIBUTED TO AMMI PHILLIPS | PAIR OF PORTRAITS: GENTLEMAN IN A YELLOW WAISTCOAT AND WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS WITH WHITE LACE BONNET

ATTRIBUTED TO AMMI PHILLIPS
(1788 - 1865)
PAIR OF PORTRAITS: GENTLEMAN IN A YELLOW WAISTCOAT AND WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS WITH WHITE LACE BONNET

oil on canvas
New England
circa 1843
Each 36 ¼ by 29 ¼ in.
each canvas with indistinct stamps on verso.

Condition Report:
Each in overall good condition with negligible scattered inpainting. Canvases have been lined, stretchers not original. Each with aged varnish, overall craquelure, and evidence of cleaning. Her portrait with a line of scattered inpainting from proper lower right corner to her proper left hand.

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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Provenance:
Purchased from a antique shop in Cornwall Bridge in the 1930s.