Connecticut Spring Antiques Show 2020
Portrait Of A Gentleman - Price Upon Request
A fine portrait of a gentleman in a blue waistcoat with silver buttons by William Jennys. Waist-length, with deeply-molded features, and with a spare background, this is a classic example of Jennys' work at the end of the Eighteenth Century. Jennys worked from 1795 to 1807, first in Connecticut and then on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where a number of his sitters are identified — many from Newburyport. Cleaned by Yost Conservation (9/2019), the painting retains its original canvas, stretchers and even its original coat of varnish. When the painting was purchased, the frame had a frayed and rotting paper backing with the label of X.H. Wood, Salem, MA. That firm is listed in Salem in 1878. Painting size is 18 by 24 inches, framed 22 by 28 inches. Peter H Eaton Newbury, MA 978-465-2754 peter@petereaton.com www.petereaton.com
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