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Georgia portrait, Edwin B. Smith

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(Ohio/New Orleans, active 1815-1832), Robert Ransome Billups (died 1836) against a landscape with rolling hills, hunters and dogs chasing a wounded stag, circa 1827, oil on canvas, 30 x 31-1/8 in.; 19th century "lemon gilt" wood shallow cove molding frame. Restretched on old stretcher, lined with wax and linen, retouch throughout affecting 20-25 percent of surface, accretion lower right; frame with abrasions, surface loss, chips. Provenance: Robert and Elizabeth Billups, Clarke County, Georgia; Edward and Martha Billups (unknown); William and Florence Griffin. Literature: Robert Bishop, [Folk Painters of America,] E.P. Dutton, New York, 1979, pp. 160, illustrated 164-65; [Georgia's Legacy: History Charted Through the Arts,] catalogue No. 55. Exhibited: "Missing Pieces: Georgia Folk Art 1770-1976", Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta, December 5, 1976-February 27, 1977; The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, April-July, 1977; The Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, September-October, 1977, illustrated in catalogue pp. 34-35 (lot accompanied by facsimile copy of catalogue entry).

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