alvan-fisher-ma-1792-1863-pair-of-identified-portraits
Lot 272
Alvan Fisher (MA, 1792-1863), Pair of Identified Portraits
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, unsigned, both presented in later gilt frame with gallery plaque.

DOA 34.25 x 29.75 in.

Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Steve Dent, Jacksonville, FL

Deaccessioned from The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT (retaining label to verso of Mrs. Coit's portrait)

These portraits depict Daniel Lathrop Coit (1754-1833) and Elizabeth Bill Coit (1767-1846) of Norwich, CT.

Mrs. Coit - buckling to canvas, patches to verso with associated re-touch, stretcher marks, scratches in lower right quadrant; Mr. Coit - stretcher marks, minor buckling to canvas, light craquelure.