Showrooms

39 West Street

Litchfield, CT 06759

United States

tillouantiques.com

PORTRAIT OF SARAH JANE CLAY

Creator: George Hartwell (Attributed)
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Attributed to George Hartwell (1815-1901)
Unsigned, dated 1846
14″ x 16″, 17 3/4″ x 13 1/2″ (framed)

Inscribed on verso, “Sarah Jane Clay her likeness it is true, 1846, sister of Martha (Clay) Dearbourn.” George Hartwell was a member of the Prior-Hamblin group of painters. He was related to William Matthew Prior by marriage and he painted signs and portraits of Bridgewater, Massachusetts and Auburn, Maine.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil Paint, Board.
Condition:	Excellent. Excellent condition, in a period frame.
Creation Date:	1846
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Incollect Reference #:	279098

Dimensions

W.	14 in;	H.	16 in;
W.	35.56 cm;	H.	40.64 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

Sold