LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

38.50 in. (97.79 cm.) (height) by 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated and inscribed "Josef de Salazar America/Pinxit Nueva Orleans/Anno 1792" lower left, "Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1887" label en verso

Condition:

antique frame

Provenance:

Family of the sitter; by descent. Exh.: Listed in the catalogue for the "Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits" at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1887, no. 101, p. 29. In the catalogue's introductory note, Charles Henry Hart wrote "This collection of original historical portraits is believed to be the first of the kind ever systematically brought together for exhibition in this country." In addition to the "Daniel W. Coxe" portrait by J. de Salazar, Brinton Coxe loaned family portraits of "Charles S. Coxe, Judge of the District Court, Philadelphia" by H. Inman and "Tench Coxe, Commissioner of Revenue, U.S." by J. Paul