Oil on canvas, signed at center left "May / Paris 1864," quarter length portrait of a gentleman, presented in an exceptional period gilt composition frame.

SS 28.25 x 23 in.; DOA 39 x 33 in.

Born in England, May grew up in New York City, but finally settled in Paris where he maintained a successful portrait studio. His Parisian portrait of young Edith Jones Wharton is housed at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

$2,000 - 4,000