Provenance:

The Purnell Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland (label verso);

Alex Cooper, Towson, Maryland, August 23, 2024, lot 1315.

Note:

Amos Lawrence, born in Groton, Massachusetts, was a self-made entrepreneur, founding a widely successful wholesale mercantile business with his brother, Abbott Lawrence. The company founded the city known as Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1845-1847. Following his engagement in business, Amos contributed to many philanthropic causes, including donations to several colleges, establishing a children's hospital in Boston, and donating to the erection of the Bunker Hill Monument.

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