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PORTRAIT OF ELLYNE GOODALE

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
New England, dated 1837.
Inscribed on stretcher: “Ellyne Goodale, aged 11 years. Painted by … J. Goodale 1837, daughter of…Goodale” .
Oil on canvas.
36”x 27 ½, 40 ½” x 31” with frame.
Provenance: Collection of Peter Tillou.
Lined, minor in-painting (lower right), otherwise in fine condition.
This full-length portrait shows Ellyne wearing a blue puffy-sleeve dress while holding a bouquet of flowers and a basket standing beside red drapery. For a nearly identical example by the same hand, Where Liberty Dwells: 19th Century Art by the American People, Works of Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, plate 48.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 694
Incollect Reference #:	719256

Dimensions

W.	31 in;	H.	40.5 in;
W.	78.74 cm;	H.	102.87 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.