$1,778
American School, 19th Century Portrait of Samuel Reeves of Philadelphia. Unsigned, sitter identified on labels on stretcher. Oil on canvas, c. 1840s, 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, scattered retouch. Note: The label on the stretcher is inscribed "This portrait is of Samuel Reeve born 1805, (d)ied Dec. 2nd 1863 of Reading Pa./Married Susan DeBenneville Keim/born 1808/died Oct. 3 1838- Samuel Reeve her second husband and my mother's father, Harriette Dewey Coffin's Great Great Grandfather- (signed) Elizabeth W. Coffin nee Elizabeth Head Wood."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-02-17