WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR (1806 1873) Portrait of a Sea Captain

Sale 2678 - Lot 3

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000

WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR (1806-1873)
Portrait of a Sea Captain, Mystic.

Oil on board. 405x305 mm; 16x12 inches.

Provenance
Private collection, Cambridge.
Vose Gallery, Boston, before 1997.
Private collection, Massachusetts.

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William Matthew Prior was largely self-taught and painted "flat" style portraits like the present painting. He was based in Boston, where he kept a studio called The Painting Garret during the 1840's and 1850's. Among the numerous portraits Prior painted throughout New England, were those of African Americans, including the abolitionist William Whipper in the collection of the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown (accession number N0246.1961), and Nancy Lawson in the collection of the Shelburne Museum, Vermont (accession number 1959-265.34).