att. John Wollaston (1710-1775), Portrait of a Man

Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, quarter length portrait of a man in a feigned oval, presented in a later frame.

SS 29.25 x 24.25 in.; DOA 35.75 x 29.75 in.

From the Collection of Margaret P. Altany, Charlotte, NC

Gooseneck Antiques, Chapel Hill, NC (accompanied by a photocopy of the receipt dated December 1, 1967)

The invoice from Elizabeth Daniel of Gooseneck Antiques indicates this portrait "descended in a Litchfield, Conn. family, and was said to be of an ancestor named 'Savage'."

Stable craquelure; scattered re-touch.

$2,000 - 4,000