Lot 182: Attributed to Henry Cheever(s) Pratt (American, 1803-1880) Portrait of Deacon Thomas Miller of Charlestown...

Name: Attributed to Henry Cheever(s) Pratt (American, 1803-1880) Portrait of Deacon Thomas Miller of Charlestown...
Brand: Skinner
SKU: e3b1fsujgl

Est: $1,500 USD - $2,500 USDSold:

SkinnerBoston, MA, USJune 08, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Henry Cheever(s) Pratt (American, 1803-1880)

Portrait of Deacon Thomas Miller of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Inscribed "Painted by Henry C. Pratt" on the reverse, sitter identified in inscriptions on backing paper. Oil on card, 9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in., c. 1825, in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Very good.

Provenance: Through the family of the sitter.

Note: According to inscriptions on the reverse dated 1873 and written by his daughter Elizabeth Devens Balfour, Thomas Miller (1747-1832) was "deacon of the First Parish Church in Charlestown 45 years, a man eminently distinguished by his Christian character...whose time for the last 15 years of his life and more was chiefly devoted to visiting the poor and afflicted..."

Artist or Maker

Henry Cheeves Pratt

Auction Details

American Furniture & Decorative Arts

Skinner

June 08, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

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

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