Lot 274 | Attributed to William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873) Folk Art Portrait of Enoch Adams Pettingell. Unsigned, the subject identified
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Attributed to William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873)
Folk Art Portrait of Enoch Adams Pettingell. Unsigned, the subject identified on an engraved brass plaque below. Oil on canvas, 27 x 22 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame, accompanied by a family genealogy. Condition: Relined, retouch to two probable repaired tears, u.l. background and along right side of head.
Note: Enoch A. Pettingell (1812-1870) was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, and married Sarah B. Ordiorne on January 22, 1834 in Andover, Massachusetts. Together they had a daughter, Ella (b. November 19, 1849), whose portrait is lot 273.
