Hannah Fairfield (1808-1894)

SOLD

Active, New York and Connecticut.
Portrait of Lucy Adams Tracy and Ellen Nichols Tracy,
ca. 1839.
Oil on canvas. Retaining the original black painted frame.
Condition: Lined, excellent condition.
35” x 30”, 42” x 37” with frame.
Provenance: Direct line of descent; Tracy-Linsley-Sheperd-Chapman family, Woodstock and North Haven, Connecticut. Private collection of Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Ct. Sotheby’s, New York, American Folk Art, Oct. 26, 1985. Collection of Betty Seeler, Forest Hills, New York.
Illustrated: “Where Liberty Dwells,” Works of Art from the collection of Mr. And Mrs. Tillou, 1976, plate 57. Continued with a traveling exhibition.