Lot 89: William Allen Wall (New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1801-1885) Old Four Corners, Junction of Union and Water Streets, New Bedford, Massachu

William Allen Wall (New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1801-1885)

Old Four Corners, Junction of Union and Water Streets, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 22 1/4 x 33 in., in a deep gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Scattered retouch, the canvas mounted on a panel and cradled for stabilization; accompanied by an identification key.

Provenance: Purchased by the consignor's grandfather from a home in Boston in the 1940s or 50s. The painting reportedly shows two members of the Rotch family of New Bedford, William, Sr. and William, Jr., both ancestors of the consignor.

Note: William Wall painted this scene to depict the way it appeared c. 1807. Similar paintings of this view by Wall are in the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Rotch-Jones-Duff House Museum, which is also in New Bedford.