American School Oil Portrait, Possibly Reverend James Schofield, 19th Century

Item Details

American School
Untitled (three quarter length portrait), mid 19th century
Oil painting on canvas
Unsigned

An American School oil painting on canvas of a three quarter length portrait of a seated gentleman. The sitter may possibly depict Reverend James Schofield (New York/Illinois, 1801-1888). The subject holds a page with the name written to the corner.

Condition

- canvas has been relined; several patch repairs to verso; scattered inpainting; scattered areas of craquelure; shallow indentation to canvas to upper right; loss and wear to canvas edges, including areas of paint loss.

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Item #

ITMG382739