AMMI PHILLIPS (New York/Connecticut, 1788-1865)
Portrait of Jonathan Lane, Postmaster of Livingston, New York, 1821.
The portrait is very confidently attributed to Ammi Phillips. The sitter is identified on the letter he holds. A period label on the verso of the stretcher is signed, inscribed and dated
Jonathan Lane in his Sixty-second year when this was taken by Mr. Ammi Phillips of Troy [?] March 30th, 1821.
Oil on canvas, 30.75" x 24.75". Framed 35.25" x 28.25". Condition: Relined; Scattered retouch, with the largest area to to the upper right at the top of the sitter's head; Scratch to sitter's jacket.

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