Prior Double Portrait
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William Matthew Prior (1806-1873) - Sold
Double portrait depicting Matilda R. Hodgeson and her brother George C. Hodgeson, Jr. East Boston, Massachusetts, 1858
Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 30 3/4 inches, in a gilt frame.
Inscribed on verso: “Painted by W. M. Prior 1st July 1858 / East Boston / Matilda R. Hodgeson age 11 yr 6th August 1858 / Geo. C. Hodgeson, Jr / Ag 7 1st July 1858”
Provenance:
Bihler and Coger, Ashley Falls, MA: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Feldman, Bethlehem. PA; “”The American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman,” Sotheby's, New York, June 23, 1988, lot 25, illustrated in color.
Published:
John & Katherine Ebert, American Folk Painters (Mew York, 1975), p. 77. Howard A. Feldman, “A Collection of American Folk paintings,” The Magazine Antiques, October 1975, p. 706, illustrated in color (image reversed).
