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Chester Harding, a Portrait of Sarah Howland browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Paintings:Oil: Pre 1900: item # 715057 Please refer to our stock # 7468 when inquiring.
Gordon S. Converse and Co. 57 West Lancaster Ave Malvern, PA 19355 610.722.9004 Guest Book $9,500.00 |
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| A fine oil of great skill and sensitivity of Sarah Howland by Chester Harding. This portrait comes to us through the Howland family of Alexndria, Virginia and Baltimore, MD where it was obtained from one of the Howland family members. Dating the painting is estimated by the tightly laced bodice of her dress, and its lacking of puffed sleeves; a fashion, we are told, that only prevailed for a few years between 1835 and 1840. The site measurements of the canvas are 16 1/2" X 14 1/2" with outside the frame being 25" X 23". The painting apparently retains its original frame. The artist, Chester Harding, is a very well listed American portrait painter, who was born at Conway, Massachusetts in 1792 and died in 1866. He was raised in New York state and was "...a lad of splendid physique, standing over 6 feet 3 inches, marched as a drummer with the militia to the St Lawrence in 1813." Before becoming a sign painter he did work as peddler, inn-keeper and house painter. Afterwards he took an art education at the Philadelphia Academy of design. He later continued his training in England, meeting with great success in painting royalty and the nobility. Upon returning to America, he settled in Boston and went on to paint portraits of many prominent men and women of his time, including Daniel Boone and President Martin Van Buren. We are showing a photo of the artists and also 2 of his other portraits, one of Daniel Boone. RL* | ||
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