Sale 07AM01 | Lot 3024

Attributed to Frederick R. Spencer Portrait of a Man Holding a Book on Natural Philosophy, said to be Jonathan Hunt

Catalogue: American Furniture & Decorations
Attributed to Frederick R. Spencer Portrait of a Man Holding a Book on Natural Philosophy, said to be Jonathan Hunt

Lot Details

Lot 3024
Attributed to Frederick R. Spencer Portrait of a Man Holding a Book on Natural Philosophy, said to be Jonathan Hunt
Portrait of a Man Holding a Book on Natural Philosophy, said to be Jonathan Hunt
Inscribed on the stretcher Great Grandfather/Jonathan Hunt/by F.R. Spencer - 1839
Oil on canvas
34 x 27 inches

Estimate: $500 - $700
Sold for $300 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Frame rubbing. Heavy scattered cracquelure throughout. Wax lined. Visible stretcher marks; scattered inpainting.

Painting was apparently cleaned/lined sometime in 1948 as there is a label on the stretcher from Helmer Ericson Studio, Restoration and Cleaning, Santa Barbara.


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Estimate: $500 - $700
Sold for $300 (includes buyer's premium)

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American Furniture & Decorations

Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10am EDT
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