Lot 1394: Horace Bundy (American, 1814-1883) Pair of Portraits of a Husband and Wife. Signed on the reverse in black script "H. Bundy Pinxt," ...

Horace Bundy (American, 1814-1883)

Pair of Portraits of a Husband and Wife. Signed on the reverse in black script "H. Bundy Pinxt," also bearing a stenciled Troy, New York, firm's mark on the back of the canvas. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in original giltwood frames. Condition: Relined, scattered retouch, otherwise good.

Note: Itinerant painter Horace Bundy often made large black script notations on the reverse of his canvases, as in this case. In his later works, he often used a painted oval to surround his subjects.