Sold for:
$6,765

American School, 19th Century Portraits of Ivory and Mehitable Chellis Unsigned, identified in modern inscriptions on the reverse. Oil on heavy card, Ivory shown directly facing, Mehitable slightly turned with her finger in a book, 25 x 21 1/2 in., in modern paint-decorated frames. Condition: Retouch, losses to edges. Provenance: Descended in the family of the sitters. Note: Ivory Chellis (1800-1892) and Mehitable Kennison (1808-1877), both from Newfield, Maine, were married around 1830, and had one child. Included in this lot are two oval-framed photographs, circa 1875, showing the two subjects later in their lives.


Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2015-08-09

Archived auctions similar to American School 19th Century Portraits of Ivory and Mehitable Chellis Down arrow


Sold for:
$923

American School, 19th Century Portraits of Two Sisters Wearing Blue Signed and dated "I.G. Green 1836." Watercolor on paper, full-length portraits Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2015-08-09


Sold for:
$711

American School, 19th Century Portraits of Hopkins Stevens and Rachael Hills Stevens of Bristol, Connecticut. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1830, 28 Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2010-11-07


Sold for:
$7,703

American School, 19th Century Portraits of Major Charles DeWolf and His Second Wife Elizabeth of Bristol, Rhode I sland. Unsigned, subjects Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2009-11-08


Sold for:
$615

American School, 19th Century Portraits of a Man and Wife. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in., framed. Estimate $500-700 cleaned and Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2019-07-25


Sold for:
$338

American School, 19th Century Portraits of William Boardman and Mrs. Edwin Brownfield Unsigned, subjects identified in information attached to the reverse. Oil on canvas, 28 Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2018-02-26


Sold for:
$197

American School, 19th Century Portraits of James Smalley and Jane Covert. Identified, dated "July 31st, 1845," and signed "Painted by H.O. Allen, Athens, PA" on Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2017-11-15


Sold for:
$369

American School, 19th Century Portraits of a Man and Woman. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 34 x 27 in., unframed. Condition: Craquelure, relined. Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-12-08


Sold for:
$861

American School, 19th Century Portraits of John Nielson and His Wife Lydia (Mendenhall), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Unsigned, each inscribed with the sitter's name and Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-11-17


Sold for:
$185

American School, 19th Century Portraits of John and Ann Smith Gaunt. Unsigned, attributed on plaques affixed to obverse. Oil on canvas, each Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-11-17


Sold for:
$1,353

American School, 19th Century Portraits of John Nielson and His Wife Lydia (Mendenhall), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Unsigned, each inscribed with the sitters' Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2015-08-09