Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755-1828)
Portrait of Dr. Thomas Tillotson, circa 1807, oil on canvas, 37 x 28-1/4 in.; fine reproduction gilt wood frame, 43-1/2 x 35-1/4 x , 3-1/2 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of the sitter; John Tillotson Wainwright, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880; Sotheby's, New York, NY, Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, May 28, 1987, lot #8; Private Collection, Tennessee
Literature: George C. Mason, The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, (1879), page 270.; Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart, An Illustrated Descriptive List of his Works, New York, William Edwin Ridge, (1926), Vol. II, page 756, number 842.
(American, 1755-1828)
Portrait of Dr. Thomas Tillotson, circa 1807, oil on canvas, 37 x 28-1/4 in.; fine reproduction gilt wood frame, 43-1/2 x 35-1/4 x , 3-1/2 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of the sitter; John Tillotson Wainwright, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880; Sotheby's, New York, NY, Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, May 28, 1987, lot #8; Private Collection, Tennessee
Literature: George C. Mason, The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, (1879), page 270.; Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart, An Illustrated Descriptive List of his Works, New York, William Edwin Ridge, (1926), Vol. II, page 756, number 842.
