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Porträtmaler, Glass painter, b. 1786 - d. 1864

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    • Benjamin Greenleaf Reverse Painting on Glass
      Oct. 21, 2017

      Benjamin Greenleaf Reverse Painting on Glass

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      American, 19th century. A reverse painting on glass of Betsy L. Richmond by Benjamin Greenleaf (Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1769-1821). Framed; 12.5 x 8 in. (sight).  A hand-painted inscription on the backboard of the frame reads Betsy L. Richmond / Born September 25 1799 / AE 11 years. Present- / Painted by Benjn Greenleaf / February the 17 1811. An additional pencil inscription on the backboard reads This picture was Sister Hannah when she was / 5 years old but this frame belongs to / Sister Betsys picture which was broken.  Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dr. James and Betty Sutherland, Cincinnati, OH

      Cowan's Auctions
    • Benjamin Greenleaf (act. Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1769-1821) Portrait of Alexander Wadsworth, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil
      Mar. 01, 2015

      Benjamin Greenleaf (act. Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1769-1821) Portrait of Alexander Wadsworth, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil

      Est: $8,000 - $12,000

      Benjamin Greenleaf (act. Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1769-1821) Portrait of Alexander Wadsworth, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil reverse-painted on glass, the blue-eyed boy wears a white ruffled collar, on a green-blue background, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (sight), in original black-painted and molded parcel-gilt frame. Condition: Minor losses. Note: A pencil inscription on the backboard reads: "F.G.F. [Frances Grey Ford] Wadsworth, Alexander's son." According to a typed transcription of a history written by Louisa Wadsworth (his granddaughter), Alexander Wadsworth (1808-1900) was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Sometime after the late 1820s, he became captain of the brig Favorite of Duxbury, owned by Draper and Weston, so beginning a long career as a seaman. He captained the packet ship New Jersey of the Black Cross Line; the Mattakeesett which ran in the cotton trade; the ship Manteo of Halifax; and the Seth Sprague, a 610-ton vessel which was fitted to sail to San Francisco in 1852. In San Francisco, his crew deserted to the gold mines in search of fortune. From San Francisco, with a "crew of beachcombers and broken down miners and a couple of homesick Duxbury men," the Seth Sprague sailed to Honolulu on its way to Calcutta, a frequent destination. His last ship was the William Wirt, which ran from New Orleans to Liverpool in the cotton trade. In 1860, he retired to his hometown of Duxbury. According to Louisa's letter, Alexander always claimed "that in all his trips to all the ports at which American ships called he had never seen a place that suited him as well as Duxbury."

      Skinner
    • POSSIBLY BENJAMIN GREENLEAF (1769-1821)
      Jan. 20, 2012

      POSSIBLY BENJAMIN GREENLEAF (1769-1821)

      Est: $6,000 - $9,000

      POSSIBLY BENJAMIN GREENLEAF (1769-1821) Portrait of a Gentleman in Profile pastel on paper 19 x 16¼ in.

      Christie's
    • Reverse Glass Painting by B Greenleaf MA 1817
      Nov. 07, 2009

      Reverse Glass Painting by B Greenleaf MA 1817

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTING - Profile Bust Portrait of Mary Pratt of Hingham, MA, Age 10 yrs, by Benjamin Greenleaf (MA, 1786-1864), signed on old label verso and dated June 1817, she is depicted in summer muslin dress with ruffled dagged collar, wearing her hair up with ringlets on her temples, a gold bead necklace and gold drop earrings housed in a later Victorian gilt gesso cove frame, SS: 13 3/4" x 10", OS: 19 1/4" x 15 1/2",some flaking in background, otherwise fine.

      Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
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