Lot 24: JOHN SAMUEL BLUNT(Footnote 1) (1798-1835) Niagara Falls, Looking Down the River

signed "J. S. Blunt" and dated "1831," l.l.- -signed "John S. Blunt," dated again and inscribed with title and "No. 62 Cornhill Boston" on the reverse- -oil on canvas 28 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (71.5 x 91.5 cm.) PROVENANCE The Patten family, Ellsworth, Maine Theresa W. Patten Estate, Ellsworth, Maine Views of Niagara Falls by John S. Blunt are typical of the artist's attention to the aesthetic details of landscape and waterways. Born into a deep tradition of New England seafarers, Blunt's appreciation of land and water are immortalized on canvas displaying intricate attention to the rich fullness of foliage and the potential liveliness of a body of water. Hailed as a master of American folk art, Blunt forcefully captures in the present painting the vitality of a New York wonder- -Niagara Falls. See footnote 1 for this sale.