Auction 20
Summer Americana Auction
Jul 10, 2021
147 Main Street, Freeport, ME 04032, United States
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Important American furniture, paintings and decorative arts.
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LOT 9:
Joseph G. Chandler. Portraits of Mr. & Mrs. Ballard.
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Sold for: $1,100
Start price:
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1,000
Estimated price:
$2,000 - $3,000
Auction house commission: 20%
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Joseph G. Chandler. Portraits of Mr. & Mrs. Ballard.
Joseph Goodhue Chandler (1813 - 1884). Each oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, in period frames. Alexander H. Ballard, aged 25 and his wife, Sarah M. Ballard, aged 24. Painted 1841. Signed by the artist with the names of the sitters on the backs of the canvas.
Alexander Hamilton Ballard was born 1814 in Wendell, Massachusetts. He married Sarah M. Bartlett April 12 or 13, 1840. The 1880 census lists them as living in Chicopee Massachusetts, with his occupation listed as watchman, and hers as homemaker.
Provenance: Child's Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
