$2,460
American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of James Clark Todd (1806-1849). Unsigned, the subject identified in a modern inscription on the reverse. Oil on canvas, the boy shown full-length resting with his right elbow on a table, his left arm held at his side, a hat in his left hand, and his legs crossed, to his left a pedestal with an urn of flowers, all on a patterned carpet, 50 1/2 x 32 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame, together with three Todd family leather-cased daguerreotype portraits, one reportedly depicting James Clark Todd as a young gentleman. Condition: Laid down to aluminum, retouch throughout. Provenance: James Clark Todd was the father of Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd, who was a favorite cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln. According to the famiy, Dr. Todd was in attendence at President Abraham Lincoln's deathbed. The portrait has descended in the family of the sitter.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01