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Lot 218: Attributed to George G. Hartwell (Massachusetts, 1815-1901) Portrait of a Sea Captain. Unsigned...

Est: $10,000 USD - $15,000 USDSold:
SkinnerBoston, MA, USJune 08, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to George G. Hartwell (Massachusetts, 1815-1901)

Portrait of a Sea Captain. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, depicting the captain seated before a window and holding a telescope, 27 x 21 3/4 in., housed in likely original gilt and grain-painted molded wood frame. Condition: Minor retouch.

Note: George G. Hartwell was one of the Prior-Hamblin group of painters. He painted signs and portraits in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Auburn, Maine.

Artist or Maker

Condition Report

Spots of retouch to areas either side of head, shirt collar, jacket and vest, hand, minor scattered spots to background


Auction Details

American Furniture & Decorative Arts

by
Skinner
June 08, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

The Heritage on the Garden 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA, 02116, US