THOMAS DOUGHTY (DC/NY/PA/MA/EUROPE, 1793-1852)
View of the Hudson River with Fantasy Castle Ruins, oil on canvas, unsigned, stencil verso "Prepared by Theo Kelley New York" (Wooster St, 1842-1852), and with label marked "J. Witherspoon, Glen Wood 8" ( perhaps John Witherspoon, founding father, and the lake owned by Witherspoon's descendants). Housed in a later ornate gold frame, OS: 23 1/2" x 32", SS: 18" x 27". Craquelure.
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View of the Hudson River with Fantasy Castle Ruins, oil on canvas, unsigned, stencil verso "Prepared by Theo Kelley New York" (Wooster St, 1842-1852), and with label marked "J. Witherspoon, Glen Wood 8" ( perhaps John Witherspoon, founding father, and the lake owned by Witherspoon's descendants). Housed in a later ornate gold frame, OS: 23 1/2" x 32", SS: 18" x 27". Craquelure.