LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

26.50 in. (67.30 cm.) (height) by 22.01 in. (55.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

A label, formerly on the reverse, read: "Dorman Theodore Warren, /Born 1827. /Painted about 1829 by a strolling Artist, in 2 weeks, Townsend, Mass."

Exhibited:

American Federation of the Arts, Wiltshire Collection, no. 29

Literature:

cf. Elizabeth R. Mankin, "Zedekiah Belknap," The Magazine Antiques, November 1976, 1056-70

Provenance:

Bihler and Coger, Ashley Falls, Massachusetts William E. Wiltshire III, Richmond, Virginia Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, American Folk Paintings and Watercolors, April 30, 1981, Sale 4593M, lot 21 and illustrated on cover of catalogue