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Lot 151
Sale 1314 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Mar 15, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$699
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Lot Description
Attributed to Philip Hewins (American, 1806-1850)
Portrait of Mrs. Rebecca Gray
oil on panel
unsigned
29 x 25 inches.
Rebecca Nichols Gray was born on June 8, 1781, in Fairfield County, Connecticut to John and Mary Nichols. She married Noah Robert Gray (1774-1857) on March 16, 1800, at the Fairfield Trinity Church. Together, the Grays had seven children and lived in Connecticut until at least 1810. By 1820, the family had relocated to Robert's hometown of Walton, Delaware, where Rebecca Gray died on May 21, 1852.
Property from the Robert and Nancy Treichler Collection of Ohio Stoneware and Americana, Tallmadge, Ohio