american-school-early-19th-century-portrait-of-mrs-ann-eliza-newell-dean
Lot 35
American School (Early 19th Century), Portrait of Mrs. Ann Eliza Newell Dean
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on panel, circa1834-1835, unsigned, label identifying sitter and family history affixed en verso, presented in a giltwood frame with c-scroll decorated fillet.

Panel 30 x 24 3/4 in., Frame dimensions 37 3/4 x 32 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York

Label en verso reads "Mrs. A. E. N. Dean. 18 years old. / Born 1816. Milbourne, New Jersey. / daughter of Isaac and Jane Lyons. / Wife of Daniel Dean. Port Jackson, N.J. / Mother of L.L. Dean & Melissa B. Becker. / Grandmother of Anna E. Curtis and / Walter P. Becker & Fanny French. / Great Grand Mother of Walter L. Curtis / Margaret Becker Curtis Clark / Sanford Curtis, Helen Louise Curtis / Eleanor Hurd French, Marcus Culver / French and Gordon Lyon Becker.

Some retouching to hair and dress area and light scattered retouching to background visible under UV light inspection, age cracking, some rubbing in upper left and lower right corners, 3" scratch in lower left corner, 2" scratch lower right corner, scuff to right edge, painting is loose in frame.