$2,460
American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of Benjamin "Bennie" Weeks (1835-1877), of Jefferson, Maine , c. 1840 Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 17 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Varnished, relined, minor inpainting, no evidence of damage or repair. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York. Note: According to genealogical information affixed to the reverse, Bennie was the seventh of eight children born to Captain Benjamin and Jane Weeks, of Jefferson, in Lincoln County, Maine.

Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-11-19