$1,659
American School, 19th Century Pair of Portraits of Thomaston, Maine, Shipbuilder Rufus Counce and His Wife Lucy. Inscribed "Painted by A.G.H. 1834" on the verso, both sitters identified in inscriptions on the stretchers. Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 23 in., in period molded giltwood frames. Condition: Very good. Literature: See History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, by Cyrus Baton, Hallowell: Masters, 1865, p. 188. Rufus C. Counce was born June 8, 1795. He married Lucy Healy Spear on June 5, 1820, and his occupation was shipbuilder.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14