Mather Brown Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mather Brown Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 12, 2025
After Mather Brown, King Louis XVI saying goodbye to his family
Est: £200 - £300
After Mather Brown, American 1761-1831- King Louis XVI saying goodbye to his family; oil on canvas, 60.6 x 76.2 cm. (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a copy after Mather Brown's original composition, now in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut [1980.2].
Roseberys
Feb. 11, 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO MATHER BROWN (AMERICAN 1761-1831), PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, POSSIBILY CASPAR WISTAR
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
ATTRIBUTED TO MATHER BROWN (AMERICAN 1761-1831)PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, POSSIBILY CASPAR WISTAROil on canvas89.5 x 69.5cm (35 x 27¼ in.)This fascinating portrait of a young anatomist, painted in the late 18th century is characteristic of the work by Anglo-American portrait painter Mather Brown. The portrait shows a medical man at the beginning of his career, and of particular interest is the specimen jar at his elbow. In this jar can be seen preserved a human foetus. On even closer inspection this can be seen to be a two-headed example. The inclusion of such an object in a portrait underlines the curiosity that such phenomena aroused in the medical world at that time.Mather Brown was born in America but moved to London before he was 20. At the start of his career, he was helped by two established American artists working in London: Benjamin West and Gilbert Stuart. All three artists made something of a point of painting American sitters as they passed through London, both Americans who had remained loyal to the Crown through the War of Independence or those who were now the new political representatives of the emerging American nation. Brown's sitters included such luminaries as John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States and Thomas Jefferson who would follow him as the 3rd President. Brown's 1786 portrait of Thomas Jefferson (National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution) in fact bears particularly close comparison with this present work. Colonel William Smith of the same date (Adams National Historical Park) and Sir Richard Arkwright, painted in 1790 (New Britain Museum of American Art) are also strikingly similar in their treatment of each sitter. Brown worked from around 1781 for some 50 years until his death in 1831, but it is his early work that is now regarded as his finest. His portraits from the late 1780s and early 1790s rank with the best of their day and tellingly it was then that he was appointed 'History and Portrait Painter' to the Duke of York.The identification of the sitter in this intriguing portrait is difficult. He is obviously a medical man, and one with a particular interest in anatomy. He wears unusual dress for an English sitter of the day. His cravat is a little more severe, and the cut of his clothes a little more angular. In all his costume appears plausibly American. It is possible then, that we are looking at a young American medic passing through London. One of the most famous medical schools in the world at that date was that in Edinburgh and several foreign students, Americans among them, were drawn to further their studies in the Scottish capital. The only appropriately aged medical man, known to have sat for Mather Brown in the late 1780s is one William Spooner, who's portrait is currently untraced. But reading descriptions of the picture from early 20th century records, there are too many discrepancies for this present portrait to depict him. However, he did have a close friend, a man called Caspar Wistar (1761 - 1818), who like Spooner himself, graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1786. Wistar toured Europe briefly after his graduation, returning to America by 1787. We can conclude then that if we are looking at Caspar Wistar painted by Brown in London, it would most likely have been done in 1786. That date is totally consistent stylistically with other works by Brown from that date.It is quite probable that a newly qualified medical man would get his portrait painted in his professional attire, as is depicted here, shortly after graduation. Furthermore, Caspar Wistar is known to have been particularly keen on 'specimens' and his collection of these still exists today in the institute named after him - the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. We know that Wistar's friend William Spooner had chosen the ex-pat American Mather Brown as his own portrait painter, therefore it is not such a leap to suggest that this might in turn be the connection between Wistar and Brown.Caspar Wistar became a highly celebrated American physician. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American College of Physicians. He published his famous System of Anatomy in 1811, and alongside that had developed a system of preserving human remains by injecting them with wax. He was an early pioneer of vaccination, a prominent abolitionist, a friend, despite their difference in years, of Thomas Jefferson and is also remembered today by having had the plant Wisteria named after him. Only one confirmed image of Wistar is known today, a portrait painted the year before he died, by Bass Otis in 1817. Here Wistar is considerably older than he would have been in 1786 but when comparing the two faces, they are not at all dissimilar. A copy painted in 1830 by Thomas Sully of this later portrait can be found in the collection of the American Philosophical Society Library (No 58.P.26).
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 23, 2024
Attribué à Mather BROWN
Est: €400 - €600
Attribué à Mather BROWN (Boston, 1761 - Londres, 1831 ) Portrait de la comtesse Desbassayns de Richemont née Jeanne-Catherine Trois crayons sur papier Monogrammé 'MB' à droite H : 13.5 cm, L : 10.5 cm Provenance : Collection Bouthillier-Chavigny ; Puis par descendance ; Collection particulière, Doubs Attribué à Mather BROWN (Boston, 1761 - Londres, 1831 ) H : 13.5 cm, L : 10.5 cm
Artcurial
Apr. 10, 2024
Mather Brown
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
American, 1761-1831 Portrait of Zaccheus Henshaw, 1794 Signed M Brown and dated 1794 (cr) Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches (Framed 37 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches) Glue relined; extensive inpainting throughout focused at the edges; two repaired tears the largest of which is approximately 1 1/2 x 1 inches located in the sitter's collar; visible stretcher bar marks.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 09, 2024
MATHER BROWN PENCIL DRAWING
Est: $100 - $150
Mather Brown (1761-1831, American/UK) matted pencil drawing of a mother watching her infant, circa 1810, with a J. Whatman watermark. 8.5" x 6.5" ss / 20" x 16" oa
Wiederseim Associates, Inc.
Feb. 09, 2024
MATHER BROWN PEN & INK
Est: $600 - $800
Mather Brown (1761-1931, MA) matted pen and ink on paper titled "Woman and Child Kneeling" and verso a sketch of a male nude and a man rolling a barrel and appears to be part of the drawing series on Liverpool dock workers circa 1812. Provenance: Max Fabricant Academy Bookstore, NY to his daughter to Hirschl Adler Galleries, NY in 1976. 8.5" x 5.5" ss
Wiederseim Associates, Inc.
Sep. 20, 2023
King Alfred dividing England into Counties
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Mather Brown Boston 1761–1831 London King Alfred dividing England into Counties signed lower left: Mather Brown pinxit oil on canvas unframed: 61 x 97.5 cm.; 24 x 38⅜ in. framed: 82 x 119 cm.; 32¼ x 46⅞ in.
Sotheby's
Jul. 07, 2023
King Alfred dividing England into Counties
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Mather Brown Boston 1761–1831 London King Alfred dividing England into Counties signed lower left: Mather Brown pinxit oil on canvas unframed: 61 x 97.5 cm.; 24 x 38⅜ in. framed: 82 x 119 cm.; 32¼ x 46⅞ in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2023
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) 'The Departure of the Sons of Tippoo from the Zennana...'; 'The Definitive Treaty by the Hostage Princes into the Hands of Lord Cornwallis' hand-coloured aquatint plates by F. Bartolozzi (first), and Daniel O...
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) 'The Departure of the Sons of Tippoo from the Zennana...'; 'The Definitive Treaty by the Hostage Princes into the Hands of Lord Cornwallis' hand-coloured aquatint plates by F. Bartolozzi (first), and Daniel Orme after Brown, cropped within platemark (just touching publication details of second mentioned), Published by D. Orme, 21 December 1793 (2) image 43.5 x 59cm (17 1/8 x 23 1/4in).
Bonhams
Apr. 25, 2023
Mather Brown (1761-1831), "The Wedding of Henry the Seventh and Elizabeth of York," circa 1805, Oil on canvas, 48.5" H x 40" W
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Mather Brown (1761-1831) "The Wedding of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York," circa 1805 Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed along the lower edge, right of center: Mather Brown / Cavendish Square / London; titled and dated from a letter accompanying this lot
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 01, 2023
Attributed to Mather Brown (1761 - 1831), Portrait of a young lady with King Charles Cavalier
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (1761 - 1831) Portrait of a young lady with King Charles Cavalier Oil on canvas In a carved and gilded period frame Period portrait stickerÂ verso Dimensions: (Canvas) 30 in. (H) x 25 in. (W) (Frame) 36.5 in. (H) x 31.5 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Nov. 30, 2022
Attributed to Mather Brown (1761-1831), Portrait of a young lady with King Charles Cavalier
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (1761-1831) Portrait of a young lady with King Charles Cavalier Oil on canvas In a carved and gilded period frame Period portrait sticker verso Dimensions: (Frame) 36.5 in. (H) x 31.5 in. (W) (Canvas) 30 in. (H) x 25 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Sep. 21, 2022
Mather Brown (1761-1831)
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Mather Brown (1761-1831) Portrait of Richard Paul Jodrell (1745-1831) in a black coat against a red curtain inscribed 'Portrait of Richard Paul Jodrell Esqr. / of Portland Place &c. A. D. 1810 / Born Nov 14th / O.S. 1745 painted by Browne / and died Jan. 26th / 1831, having been in possession of his paternal estate 80 years' (on an old label to the reverse) oil on canvas 74 x 62cm Provenance: Christie's, London, 12th November 1998, lot 66 The sitter, a classical scholar and dramatist, was the eldest son of Paul Jodrell of Duffield, Derbyshire, solicitor-general to Frederick, Prince of Wales and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Warner of North Elmham, Norfolk. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772 and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1784. In 1772, he married his second cousin Vertue (d. 1806) eldest daughter and co-heiress of Edward Hase, of Salle, Norfolk and niece of John Hase, later Sir John Lombe, 1st Bt, with whom he had five sons and two daughters. He was a friend of Dr Samuel Johnson and in 1790 was elected Member of Parliament for Seaford, Sussex. He suffered from mental impairment for the last ten years of his life and died in Portland Place. The present portrait is known from an engraving by Charles T. Heath Heath after Mather Brown which was published in 1820. A portrait of this sitter by Thomas Gainsborough from the 1770s is now in the Frick Collection, New York. The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which appears to be unlined. The canvas tension is good and the picture is generally in plane. At the lower left corner are diagonal stress cracks in the paint layer which has led to raised paint and losses. The rest of the of the paint layer is stable. There are areas of overpaint cover cracks and abrasion to the paint layer. The varnish is slightly uneven but clear. There is a light layer of surface dirt present. Framed 90 x 78cm
Cheffins
Oct. 26, 2021
Circle of Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Yelverton, bust-length,
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Circle of Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Yelverton, bust-length, wearing a large blue hat oil on canvas 76.6 x 64cm (30 3/16 x 25 3/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 29, 2021
Attributed to Mather Brown (British, 1761-1831)
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (British, 1761-1831) Portrait of Henrietta Jeaffreson (d. 1826) half-length, in black, wearing an elaborate turban and pink roses at her breast oil on canvas 75 x 63cm Provenance: By descent from the sitter, great-great-great-great-grandmother of the present owner Footnote: The sitter who was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson (d. 1772) married firstly Anthony, de jure 11th Viscount Gormanston, who died in 1786. She married secondly in 1794 Lieutenant General Christopher Jeaffreson of Dullingham.
Cheffins
Nov. 14, 2020
MATHER BROWN (MA/UK, 1761-1831)
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Portrait of an Anglican Minister in white powdered wig and clerical collar, oil on canvas, signed lower left, in what may be the original carved gold frame, OS: 32 1/4" x 27 1/4", SS: 28 1/4" x 23 1/4". Cleaned and relined. When purchased by the consignor, this was overpainted to resemble John Adams, and the signature was covered. This was discovered by a professional restorer, who returned it to the original state, and uncovered the signature of Brown. Born in Boston, descendent of Cotton and Increase Mather, studied under Gilbert Stuart, went to London with a letter of introduction to Benjamin West from Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Jefferson, American Ambassador to France, chose Mather Brown to paint his portrait, which was copied for John Adams at his request. Adams then commissioned a portrait of himself.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Oct. 01, 2020
Attributed to Mather Brown (British, 1761-1831)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (British, 1761-1831) Portrait of Henrietta Jeaffreson (d. 1826) half-length, in black, in an elaborate turban and pink roses at her breast oil on canvas 75 x 63cm Footnote: The sitter who was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson (d. 1772) married firstly Anthony, de jure 11th Viscount Gormanston, who died in 1786. She married secondly in 1794 Lieutenant General Christopher Jeaffreson of Dullingham. Provenance: By descent from the sitter, great-great-great-great-grandmother of the present owner.
Cheffins
Jul. 18, 2020
AFTER MATHER BROWN (UK/MA, 1761-1831)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
AFTER MATHER BROWN (UK/MA, 1761-1831) Rare British Historic Reverse Glass Oil Painting, circa 1793, with integral verre eglomise mat, captioned "To the Honorable, The East India Company, This Plate representing the Delivery of the Definitive Treaty by the Hostage Princes into the hands of Lord Cornwallis, Is with Permission humbly Dedicated by their faithful and obedient Serv.t Mather Brown", with six-pointed star surround. Housed in the original gilt cove frame, OS: 29 1/4" x 40 1/4", SS: 23" x 34". Losses in the background, figures are generally good, portraits are intact, crazing to frame.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Feb. 12, 2020
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard England, half-length, in military uniform
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard England, half-length, in military uniform oil on canvas 91.2 x 71cm (35 7/8 x 27 15/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 19, 2019
MATHER BROWN (American-British, 1761-1831) Smugglers Pushing Off Their Boat, c. 1805 oil on canvas, 37 x 30 ½ inches; signed ‘Math...
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
MATHER BROWN (American-British, 1761-1831) Smugglers Pushing Off Their Boat, c. 1805 oil on canvas, 37 x 30 1/2 inches; signed 'Mather Brown', within later, carved and gilded frame Mather Brown was a portrait and historical painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, but active in England. He was the son of Gawen and Elizabeth (Byles) Brown and descended from the Rev. Increase Mather on his mother's side. He was initially taught by his aunt and around 1773 became a pupil of Gilbert Stuart. He went to London in 1781 to further his training under Benjamin West and entered the Royal Academy schools in 1782. In 1784, he painted two religious works for St. Mary's-in-the-Strand, which led him to form a partnership with the painter Daniel Orme for exhibition of paintings and the sale of engravings from the original works. Among these were large scenes from English history and Shakespeare's plays. However, despite their success he began to concentrate on portraiture. His first successes were with American sitters, among others his patron John Adams and family in 1784–85 (this painting is now in the Boston Athenæum). In the spring of 1786, he began painting the earliest known portrait of Thomas Jefferson, who was visiting London, and also painted Charles Bulfinch the same year. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1798. His 1788 full-length portrait of Prince Frederick Augustus in the uniform of Colonel of the Coldstream Guards led to appointment as History and Portrait Painter to the Prince, later the Duke of York and Albany. In search of new patronage, Brown left London in 1808 for Bath, Bristol and Liverpool. He eventually settled in Manchester, returning to London almost two decades later in 1824, where, even after West's death, he continued to imitate his teacher's style of painting. Provenance: exhibited at the Society of Artists, London, 1824; catalog no. 294; likely "Smugglers Launching a Boat," no. 39 in Edward Foster's July 14, 1831 sale; sold to "Heath"; Property of a Private Collection, Goethenburg, Sweden; with Vose Galleries, Boston, 2002; The Boston Art Club, 2002-2015 Literature: Evans, Dorinda, Mather Brown, Early American Artist in England (Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1982), cat. no. 303.
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jul. 25, 2019
* Brown (Mather, 1761-1831). Half-length portrait of an unidentified man
Est: £300 - £500
* Brown (Mather, 1761-1831). Half-length portrait of an unidentified gentleman, possibly a member of the Collingwood family, circa 1800, oil on canvas, unsigned, relined, 75 x 62 cm (29.5 x 24.5 ins), old typed label to wooden stretcher verso, with erroneous attribution to John Trumbull (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Apr. 10, 2019
* Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard England, half-length, in military uniform
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard England, half-length, in military uniform oil on canvas91.2 x 71cm (35 7/8 x 27 15/16in). Lieutenant-General Richard James England (1745-1812) spent much of his military career in North America. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) and at the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War where he was taken prisoner. He married Anne O'Brien by whom he had three children and died in London in 1812.
Bonhams
Oct. 24, 2018
* ATTRIBUTED TO MATHER BROWN (BOSTON 1761-1831 - LONDON)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
* ATTRIBUTED TO MATHER BROWN (BOSTON 1761-1831 LONDON) Portrait of General Officer Richard England, half-length, in military uniform oil on canvas 91.2 x 71cm (35 7/8 x 27 15/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 30, 2017
Follower of Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of Charles Kerrison of Kirsteadoil on canvas,
Est: £200 - £300
Follower of Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of Charles Kerrison of Kirstead oil on canvas, attributed to hand written label attached verso, unframed, the canvas stamped ''R. W. King Picture Liner &r Norwich'' 30 x 24 7/8in. (76.2 x 63.2cm.)
Martel Maides
Sep. 07, 2017
Follower of Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of Charles Kerrison of Kirsteadoil on canvas,
Est: £300 - £400
Follower of Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of Charles Kerrison of Kirstead oil on canvas, attributed to hand written label attached verso, unframed, the canvas stamped 'R. W. King Picture Liner &r Norwich' 30 x 24 7/8in. (76.2 x 63.2cm.) * Condition: Not relined. Unframed. Picture appears to have been cleaned and re-varnished relatively recently. There is some bitumenisation to the paint to the red backdrop and black areas on coat. When examined under UV, some light retouches can be seen around the edges of the white waistcoat and two or three to the cravat. There are more extensive small retouches to craquelure on the black areas, particularly the lower areas and right shoulder.
Martel Maides
Oct. 28, 2016
Mather Brown
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Mather Brown Am./Br. 1761-1831 Children in Need Right image signed "Mather Brown" l.r. Oil on canvas 22 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. 57.8 x 44.5 cm Property of Debra and Kenneth Gulnick
Barridoff Auctions
Sep. 14, 2016
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830), half-length,... oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 30, 2016
ATTRIBUTED TO MATHER BROWN (1761-1831): PORTRAIT OF SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
ATTRIBUTED TO MATHER BROWN (1761-1831): PORTRAIT OF SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE Oil on canvas laid down on board, unsigned. 29 1/2 x 25 in., 35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (frame). Note: Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe (1763-1851) was born and educated in Boston. After the death of his father in 1771, Sheaffe's mother opened a boarding house to support her ten children. One of her lodgers during the War of Independence was Lord Percy, Duke of Northumberland and leader of the British forces in Boston. Percy was taken with the young Sheaffe's character and leadership potential and sent him to military school in London. Sheaffe served in the British military in Ireland and Canada before ending his career as a full General and retiring to Edinburgh. He was awarded a baronetcy in 1813 following a military victory at Queenston Heights, in Canada.
STAIR
Dec. 10, 2015
MATHER BROWN | Portrait of William Leyborne Popham, R.N. (died 1790), when aged seventeen, in naval uniform
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 21, 2015
MATHER BROWN, (American, 1761-1831), SMUGGLERS PUSHING OFF THEIR BOAT, 1824, oil on canvas, 30 1/2 x 37 in.342 (frame: 39 x 45 in.)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
MATHER BROWN (American, 1761-1831) SMUGGLERS PUSHING OFF THEIR BOAT 1824, oil on canvas signed Mather Brown, l.c. 30 1/2 x 37 in. (frame: 39 x 45 in.) Provenance: Likely "Smugglers Launching a Boat," no. 39 in Edward Foster's July 14, 1831 sale; sold to "Heath"; Property of a Private Collection, Goethenburg, Sweden; The Boston Art Club. Exhibitions: Society of British Artists, London, 1824, no. 294.; Vose Galleries (label verso). Literature: Evans, Dorinda, Mather Brown, Early American Artist in England, (Middletown, Connecticut, Weslyan University Press, 1982), cat. no. 303.
Grogan & Company
Nov. 16, 2013
Mather Brown of Leicester (1761-1831) Portrait of
Est: £400 - £600
Mather Brown of Leicester (1761-1831) Portrait of Charles Loraine-Smith, wearing period costume with a white shirt and cream bow tie, circa 1833 Inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 74cm by 62cm In original untouched condition, in a glazed picture frame. Covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish, some minor paint losses to the outer edges of the canvas, has not been examined under a uv light
Tennants
Oct. 27, 2013
Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of a Gentleman. Indistinctly inscribed "M. Brown Esqr/...Mrs. Wood..." on the stretcher. Oi
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of a Gentleman. Indistinctly inscribed "M. Brown Esqr/...Mrs. Wood..." on the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 1/4 in., in a later carved, painted, and gilded wood frame. Condition: Linen canvas re-stretched and stapled, light craquelure with small paint loss u.l., and losses near bottom edge.
Skinner
Sep. 24, 2013
* Mather Brown, (American, 1761-1831), Colonel MacColery
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Colonel MacColery oil on canvas 30 x 25 3/8 inches.
Hindman
Sep. 18, 2013
Attr. to Mather Brown, "Gentleman Wearing a Green
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Attr. to Mather Brown, "Gentleman Wearing a Green Coat with Gold Buttons, a Yellow Waistcoat" oil on canvas. Unsigned. Canvas: 30''H x 25''W; Frame: 35.75''H x 31.25''W. Provenance: Sotheby's Arcade, July 16 1998, Lot 46. Mather Brown (American/British, 1761- 1831).
Dallas Auction Gallery
Jul. 05, 2013
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London)
Est: -
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of John Smeaton (1724-1792), three-quarter-length, seated with the Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon in the background the stretcher with inscription 'Constructor of the Eddystone lighthouse' oil on canvas 30 x 25 3/8 in. (76.2 x 64.3 cm.) with an engraving of the same subject, engraved by R. Woodman. two in the lot (2)
Christie's
Oct. 01, 2011
After Mather Brown (American/British, 1761-1831)
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
< b > After Mather Brown (American/British, 1761-1831) < /b > "King Louis XVI of France Saying Farewell to his Family", oil on canvas, 19th Century, unsigned, 40" x 49-1/2". Presented in a contemporary ebonized frame. An engraving of the painting was published by Fisher of London in 1846, in < i > The Gallery of Engravings < /i > , edited by C.H. Timperley.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Jun. 21, 2011
Attributed to MATHER BROWN (American, 1761-1831)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Attributed to MATHER BROWN (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of a Lady, said to be Mrs. Partridge oil on canvas 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 08, 2011
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a blue coat and gold-trimmed red waistcoat oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 31, 2010
PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST MATHER BROWN. BRITISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790.
Est: -
PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST MATHER BROWN. BRITISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790. Mather Brown (1761-1831) was born in Boston, a descendent of the Puritans Cotton and Increase Mather. He studied under Gilbert Stuart and later traveled to England where he worked in Benjamin West's studio in London. Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches. Provenance: The Cooling Galleries, London.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Oct. 29, 2010
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830), half-length, wearing the uniform of a Captain in the Northamptonshire Militia signed 'M. Brown' (lower right) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 28, 2010
MATHER BROWN
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
MATHER BROWN BOSTON 1761 - 1831 LONDON PORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL GODBOLD ESQ. (D. 1799) inscribed on a letter: N Godbold Esqre; / Bloom's squa. oil on canvas 76 by 63.5 cm.; 30 by 25 in.
Sotheby's
Jul. 14, 2010
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of Nathaniel Chauncy Half length seated by a figure of Polyhymnia, a book and a drawing Oil on canvas 89 x 69 cm (35 x 27 in) Provenance: Colonel Chauncy, by descent to; Miss Katherine Chauncy; Anonymous sale, Christies, 17th June 1921, Lot 98 as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Charles Chauncy MD, FRS, FSA painted in 1758; (by repute) Sothebys London 1957, as Attributed to Reynolds; with Leggatt Brothers; Literature: Graves and Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds , 1899, Vol IV, pg. 1280, where identified as Charles Chauncey Nathaniel Chauncy and his brother Charles were both art and antiquities collectors. On April 15th, 1790, Sotheby and Leigh sold '..the elegant and valuable libraries of Charles Chauncy, ..and his brother Nathaniel'.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 14, 2009
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London)
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of Sir William Franklin of Muntham Court, Sussex (1720-1805), seated half-length, his hand resting on a pressure pump, with two inscribed scrolls behind signed 'M. Brown' (lower left); and inscribed 'WILLIAM, OF MUNTHAM.' (upper left) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (77.5 x 64.5 cm.) with inscription 'Sketches of Bagdad, Palmyra and Damascus Minutes of a Journey over the Desert and the Holy Land in 1760, 61 & 62' (on scrolls, center left)
Christie's
Jul. 10, 2009
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
Attributed to Mather Brown (Boston 1761-1831 London) Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a black dress with a brocade shawl and a mob cap, a pair of spectacles in her right hand oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 05, 2009
Mather Brown (1761-1831) Portrait of George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830) 30 x 25in.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Mather Brown (1761-1831) oil on canvas Portrait of George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830) wearing the uniform of a Captain in the Northamptonshire Militia signed 30 x 25in.
Gorringes
Jan. 28, 2009
MATHER BROWN (1761-1831) American School, portrait
Est: £800 - £1,200
MATHER BROWN (1761-1831) American School, portrait of a gentleman with black top coat and white stock, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 30" x 25", framed (see illustration). Provenance: Messrs Christies, New York 14th October 1999, Lot 157.
Mallams
Jan. 24, 2009
Mather Brown 1761-1831 , Portrait of F. W. Geyer oil on canvas
Est: $800 - $1,200
In what appears to be the original frame. Together with American School, 19th century, Portrait of Mary Laurenson , oil on canvas, painted circa 1825, in what appears to be the original frame. Restretched, foam backing. 2 pieces . oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Oct. 30, 2008
Mather Brown , Boston 1761 - 1831 London Portrait of George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830) oil on canvas
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
half length, wearing the uniform of a Captain in the Northamptonshire Militia signed, l.r.; M. Brown oil on canvas
Sotheby's