Sold for:
$3,851

American School, 19th Century Portrait of Young Harry Herbert Keith (1851-1925) of Newton, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1855, 46 x 32 1/2 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Three patch-repaired tears with associated retouch. Provenance: Cathryn S. Keith. Note: Harry Herbert Keith was the son of William Ward Keith and Cordelia Bryant Keith. Harry married Louise Jackson, who was related to the Jacksons, who were among the first families to settle in Newton, Massachusetts. Harry, Louisa, and their two children lived at the Jackson Homestead, now the location of the Newton History Museum, Newton, Massachusetts, and is the headquarters of the Newton Historical Society. Accompanying the portrait are two small daguerreotypes, one depicting William as a baby with his mother Cordelia Bryant Keith, the other showing Harry standing and wearing the plaid dress he is wearing in the portrait offered here. The fairly unobtrusive repaired tears are: about 1 in. on chest atneckline of dress, about 1 1/2 at c.l. background, and about 4 1.2 in. lg lower rt. edge of dress hem into rock area. Also there are a few small background surface scratches.


Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2008-06-08

Archived auctions similar to American School 19th Century Portrait of Young Harry Herbert Keith (1851-1925) of Newton Massachusetts. Down arrow


Sold for:
$504

Lot of Two Works: Anglo/American School, 19th Century, Portrait of a Boy , unsigned, oil on canvas, 23 x 19 3/4 in. (58.4 x Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2009-07-11


Sold for:
$1,320

American School, 19th Century Portrait of Sarah Pierce, Founder of the Litchfield Female Academy, Connecticut, after a portrait miniature on ivory attributed Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2012-10-28


Sold for:
$185

Two Framed Works: Anglo/American School, 19th Century, Portrait of a Steamship , signed and dated "Bucham 1887" l.r., watercolor on paper, sight Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2012-10-11


Sold for:
$368

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Terrier and a Portrait of Three Kittens in a Basket. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, Portrait Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2011-07-28


Sold for:
$7,050

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Woman and Two Children. Unsigned. Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper, c. 1830, depicting a woman Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2007-02-18


Sold for:
$1,175

American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Ellington School, Ellington, Connecticut. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in, in a gilt gesso Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2002-02-24


Sold for:
$3,000

American School, 19th Century Portrait Miniature of Helen Adela Rowe Metcalf. Signed "N. McDermott" l.r., the back of the case engraved "Helen Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2012-10-28


Sold for:
$1,422

American School, 19th Century Portrait of John Foster Williams Lane as a Boy Unsigned. Oil on canvas mounted on board, sight Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2010-01-29


Sold for:
$3,000

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Ship's Captain. Unsigned. Oil on panel, depicting the brown-eyed and brown-haired gentleman wearing a black Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2006-02-19


Sold for:
$2,583

American School, 19th Century Portrait, Possibly a Self Portrait, of an Artist with Palette Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2017-03-04