Lot 65: EUNICE PINNEY, 1770-1849

THE ALLEGORICAL FIGURES OF HOPE, FAITH, PEACE AND CHARITY: FAMILY REGISTER OF THE BUTLER PINNEY FAMILY

measurements
11.3 by 8.8 in.

alternate measurements
28.7 by 22.4 cm

inscribed Mrs. Eunice Pinney, l.r. in what appears to be the original carved giltwood and gesso frame.

Nina Fletcher Little's typed paper jelly label attached to the cardboard backing records the following information: Pinney Family record, Simsbury, Connecticut drawn by Eunice Pinney, well-known folk artist (1770-1849). Design derived from the engraved family records of Richard Brunton.

This is a good example of Eunice Pinney's work combined with important family associations.

watercolor and pencil, pen and ink on paper

PROVENANCE

George McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York, 1944
Sotheby's, New York, The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, January 29, 1994, lot 350