Sale 5204
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
Black and white chalk on colored paper, eglomise mat, retains original frame, with biographical notes on verso.
18 ¾ in. x 14 in. (sight)
The son of Sarah Latimer and Thomas Cuthbert, Jr., James, a Philadelphia merchant, married Frances Lawersweiler in 1804 and lived at 189 S. 3rd Street, Philadelphia. Cuthbert was elected a member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry in 1805 and served in the Mount Bull Campaign during the War of 1812. He was also a member of the Schuylkill Fishing Company.
By descent in the Cuthbert Family to the present owner.
lot 75: unexamined out of frame; retaining nice color to background; with two small tears / punctures- one to right of head, the other to lower edge; only very minor loss to eglomise; retaining original frame with minor loss to gesso and gilding
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