AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

Portrait of John Lawrence

细节

AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of John Lawrence
Together with a portrait miniature of John Lawrence
oil on canvas
35¼ x 28¼ inches sight; the miniature 2¼ x 1 7/8 inches oval
the miniature signed T. Officer Pinxt (lower left)

拍品专文

John M. Lawrence (1787-1850) was a Surgeon in the Army during the War of 1812. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1810. University records indicate he was from New Jersey. The line of descent from Dr. Lawrence to the consignor is as follows:
Ruth Lea Fitch (1804-1893), wife of John M. Lawrence;
Gartman Klinefelter (Klinefelter's brother, Henry, was married to Ruth Lea Fitch's sister, Eliza Maybury Fitch (1806-1891);
Ella Rebecca Klinefelter (1866-1951), daughter who married W.T. Childs (1878-1945);
William Talbott Childs, Jr.,son;
His sons Robert Stuart Childs (1933-2004) and the consignor.

For a tankard owned by John M. Lawrence, see lot 62.