MISS FANNY HOYT (1793-1864)

Details

WILLIAM JENNYS (1755-1840)
MISS FANNY HOYT (1793-1864)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in.

Provenance

William Sparks, New York
David David, Inc., Philadelphia
Dr. C.L. Pierson, Trenton, New Jersey, 3 February 1968
Irvin and Anita Schorsch, Hidden Glen Farms
Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2016, lot 976

Literature

David David, Inc., advertisement, The Magazine Antiques (September 1967), p. 255.
Frick Art Reference Library, no. 122-5 c.

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Lot Essay

Fanny Hoyt (1793-1864) was the daughter of Nathan Hoyt (1751-1825) and Elizabeth Goodwin Hoyt (1752-1812) of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Jennys painted portraits of Fanny and her parents, as well as their three other daughters which can be seen in David David, Inc., advertisement, The Magazine Antiques (September 1967), p. 255.

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