EDWARD LAMSON HENRY (American, 1841-1919)
A Country Lawyer, 1895
Oil on canvas
15-1/2 x 22 inches (39.4 x 55.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: EL Henry N.A. 1895

PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK ESTATE

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, New York, November 29, 1995, lot 135;
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above;
By bequest to the present owner.

Alternate Artist Spellings: "Edward Lamson Henry", "Henry, Eduard Lamson", "Henry, Edward", "Henry, Edward Lamson", "Henry, Edward Lawson"

Lined canvas; very faint craquelure; stable surface; two spots of in-painting at upper center of composition, the largest being approx. 1x2 in., minor in-painting in both figures' suits, scattered spots of minor in-painting in background and extreme edges, as well as in chair at far right. Framed Dimensions 21.5 X 28 Inches