John B. Neagle (PA/NY, 1796-1865), Portrait of John Allison Roberts

Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in an antique mahogany frame with gilt filet and ebonized details and later brass gallery label.

SS 29.5 x 24.5 in.; DOA 33.5 x 28.75 in.

From the Collection of Colonel and Mrs. Gordon Roberts, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Notes affixed to the verso document two separate restorations, one in 1929 by Hannah Mee Horner of Philadelphia, PA, and another of unknown date by Joseph Amarotico (1931-1985), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Extensive craquelure with scattered re-touch visible under UV light.

$500 - 1,000