(PORTRAITS) notman; brady; whitehurst Select group of 3 rema

Sale 2089 - Lot 21

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(PORTRAITS) notman; brady; whitehurst
Select group of 3 remarkable portraits, comprising "Study of Shaker Sisters from Canterbury and Sabbathday Lake" by Notman; an early portrait of Lord Lyons, British Ambassador to the United States by Brady, with "Lord Lyons" in pencil, in unknown hand, on verso; and a beautiful oval study of a mother and daughter attributed to Whitehurst, with "Mrs. Chambers" written in pencil, on verso. Salted paper (Brady and Whitehurst) and silver (Notman) prints, 15 1/2x18 1/2 inches (39x47 cm.) and smaller; the Notman with a Boston studio credit on mounts recto and verso. 1860s-80s

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The Brady was originally in the collection of Frederick Hill Meserve.A legend of the sitters in the Notman photograph is available upon request.The Shaker Image, 135 (variant).

with--"The Bowden Smiths at Darley House, Colombo, Ceylon," attributed to Julia Margaret Cameron. Albumen print, 5 1/4x8 inches (13.4x20.3 cm.), with a label on mount recto. 1873.
This print was purportedly in an album given by Cameron to her son, Henry Hay Cameron.

and--Portrait of a large family, by Alexander Gardner. Unmounted albumen print, 15 1/2x18 1/2 inches (39x47 cm.). Circa 1865.