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JACOB EICHHOLTZ* (1776-1842)

Portrait of Mrs. John Bannister Gibson (nee Sarah Work)

signed and dated J Eichholtz/18** on the reverse--oil on canvas
29 x 24¼ in. (73.8 x 61.5 cm.)
Literature

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Lot Essay

Related Literature

E.P. Richardson, Jacob Eichholtz, Portrait Painter of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969, p. 95, no. 303

Sarah Work was the daughter of Col. Andrew Galbraith and Barbara Kyle. She married John Bannister Gibson in 1812. He was a prominent figure in the Pennsylvania judiciary, serving on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1816-1853. Eicholtz painted Mr. Gibson in 1812, when this portrait was probably made.

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