$2,115
American School, 19th Century Portrait of Sea Captain John Dyer Potter of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1830, 30 x 25 in. in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, repaired tears with associated retouch. Note: A fragment of paper accompanying the portrait is inscribed: "(John) Dyer Pot(ter) (Gre)at Uncle of John Potter Porter Born in Duxberri, (sic) Mass. Sea Captain-John Potter Porter was namesake of J.D.P."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04