Americana at STAIR - January 29, 2026
Thu, Jan 29, 2026 10:00AM EST
Lot 256
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828): Portrait of Frances Torrey
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for
$16,000
Sold Price excludes BP
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 mounted on board, unsigned, with labels from Kennedy Galleries, NY.
19 3/4 in. (sight diameter), 29 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (frame).
Literature: L. Park, Gilbert Stuart an Illustrated List, New York, 1926, vol. II, pp.757-8, no.844; The Kennedy Quarterly, Two Hundred Years of American Portraits, a Selection from the early XVIII to the early XX Centuries, Vol IX, p.240, no.242, illlus.
Condition
Mounted on board, cradled. Scattered inpainting, some in the face and neck. Vertical lines of inpainting at the left and right edges. A surface scuff lower center in the neckline. Some surface soiling. Otherwise in good condition.
Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
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Commissioned from the artist by Eliakim Morse N.D. (father-in-law).
By descent to John Torrey Morse Jr. (son), thence to his daughter.
Kennedy Galleries, NY.
Private Collection.
Property from the Estates of Martha and Robert Bolton.
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Hudson, New York 12534 - 518.751.1000
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