Folk art family portrait in miniature
Framed primitively in walnut-stained coffee stirrers.
Artwork cut from a postcard for the inaugural sale at Keno Auctions, May 1st 2010, Stamford, Connecticut
Descended in a New Hampshire family until 1990; The Gallery at Bristol-Meyers Squibb, A Loving Likeness American Folk Portraits of the Nineteenth Century, From the Raymond and Susan Egan Collection, 1992 Discussed and illustrated A Loving Likeness American Folk Portraits of the Nineteenth Century (Princeton, New Jersey: 1992), pg. 22-23 
PAIR OF DOUBLE PORTRAITS
Attributed to Sturtevant J. Hamblin (American, 1817-1884)
Boston, circa 1840
Inscribed on verso “LAURA ANN, AGED 9 YEARS, MARY ELLEN, 7 YRS, GEORGE ALBERT AGED 4 ½ YEARS AND WILLIAM WOOD 2 1/4”
oil on canvas
29 by 36 in. (each)
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s, Fine American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings and Silver, October 20, 1990, lot 100;
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Egan Collection, New Jersey;
David Schorsch, New York;
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Literature
Sale 1001 Lot 436
Estimate: $40,000-80,000
Sold for: $154,700
In situ
