Lot 271 | Erastus Salisbury Field (American, 1805-1900) Portrait of Harriet Henderson Hubbard, c. 1840. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 27 x 24 in., in
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Erastus Salisbury Field (American, 1805-1900)
Portrait of Harriet Henderson Hubbard, c. 1840. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 27 x 24 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch, stable craquelure.
Provenance: According to information provided by the consignor, the portrait descended in the family of the sitter to Clara Adams Bosworth of Amherst, Massachusetts, and was purchased from her estate.
Note: Harriet Henderson Hubbard was born September 3, 1819, the daughter of Ashley (b. 1792) and Harriet (Henderson) Hubbard. They resided on Ashley's father's family farm in Plumtrees (Sunderland), near Amherst, Massachusetts, and interestingly, the farm where Erastus Salisbury Field spent a major portion of his life. Harriet married Christopher C. Adams (b. 1814) on June 1, 1843; she died in 1857.
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