Portrait of Ruth Avery Brewster, ArtistÕs Stepmother
Oil on canvas
28 _ x 22 _ inches

The iconic portrait of Ruth Avery Brewster and her husband, the artists father, is in the collection of Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts.

Provenance: Previously in the collection of the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, 1970;
Anne F. Moore Fine Art, New York

Literature: Listed in Harlan Lane, "A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster Jr.",ÒA Brewster Inventory,Ó Boston: Beacon Press, 2004, p. 142.

Estimate: $5,000 - $10,000

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Condition: Conservation done by Lyman Allyn Museum, January 1970.

Conservation done by Lyman Allyn Museum, January 1970.