STAIR
Live Auction

Friday Night Sales at Stair

Fri, Feb 15, 2019 06:00PM EST
Lot 93

Attributed to Ezra Ames (1768-1836): Portrait Said to be Mrs.Thomas Chester

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined, with label from Room 5600 Rockefeller Plaza, NY.

29 x 23 1/2 in., 39 x 35 in. (frame).

Note: Mrs. Thomas Chester, born Esther Margaret Bull, 1779 in Hartford, CT, was the great-great-great grandmother of William Kelly Simpson.

Condition

Lined. Craquelure with areas of inpainting showing mostly in the blank. Some small scattered areas of inpainting around the face. Surface Soiling.