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Lot 30: Sarah Bushnell Perkins

Est: $2,500 USD - $4,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 20, 2001

Item Overview

Description

Sarah Bushnell Perkins
(The Beardsely Limner),
late 18th century
PORTRAIT OF AN OLDER WOMAN
pastel on paper mounted on homespun
18 1/4 by 15 1/2 in.
(46.4 by 39.4 cm.)
This portrait is thought to be of Sarah Bushnell Perkins mother, Mrs. Joseph (Mary Bushnell) Perkins, 1707-1795.
The companion portrait of her husband Joseph Perkins and her daughter Sarah Perkins are at Historic Deerfield.
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Armistead Coit

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Important Americana from the Estate of Andrew D. Wolfe

by
Sotheby's
January 20, 2001, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US