GILBERT STUART (American 1755-1828) TWO PAINTINGS, "Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Hannah Tuckerman," CIRCA 1810, oil on panel; each 28" x 23 3/4", framed 35 1/4" x 30". Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Orton Clark; Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts; An Eastern Foundation; Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, January 18, 1992, sale 7398, lot 346; Alan Miller, Quakertown, Pennsylvania; George S. Parker II, Janesville, Wisconsin; Sotheby's, New York, The Highly Important American Collection of George S. Parker II from the Caxambas, January 19, 2017, lot 2179. Estate of Donald James Douglass, San Antonio, Texas. Proceeds to benefit the Douglass Foundation. Exhibited: Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Athenaeum, Exhibition of Portraits, Painted by the Late Gilbert Stuart, Esq., August 1828, nos. 125, 142; San Francisco, California, Palace of the Legion of Honor. Literature: George Mason, The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart, New York, 1879, p. 272; Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart, New York, 1926, vol. II, nos. 855, 856, pp. 768-70, illustrated vol. IV, pp. 534-35; George Parker, “Merchants and Planters: American Portraits of the Colonial Period and the Early Republic,” Wisconsin Academy Review: A Journal of Wisconsin Culture, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall 1997, pp. 28-29, illustrated.

Both paintings have been expertly conserved in the past. The paint and the supports are stable and in good condition and the surfaces are clean. Some retouching is visible in the face of Edward Tuckerman. Under UV both portraits show a few scattered touches of inpainting. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."