Two Children with a Tea Set

Details

Attributed to Samuel P. Howes (1806-1881)
Two Children with a Tea Set
oil on canvas
25 3/8 x 37 3/8 in.

Provenance

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut
George Schoellkopf, New York

Literature

George E. Schoellkopf, advertisement, The Magazine Antiques (September, 1972), p. 369.
Whistler House Museum, Samuel P. Howes: Portrait Painter (Lowell, Massachusetts, 1986), p. 35, no. 14.
Frick Art Reference Library, New York, American School (1801-1850), 100, (Two Children with Tea Set).

Sale Room Notice

Please note, this lot is attributed to Samuel P. Howes (1806-1881). For more information see the catalogue entry on Christies.com.

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Lot Essay

Correspondence with Juliette Tomlinson in the Frick Art Reference Library records states this piece was exhibited in an unidentified exhibition on children’s portraiture prior to 1982 (Frick Art Reference Library, New York, American School (1801-1850), 100, (Two Children with Tea Set).

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