JOSEPH GOODHUE CHANDLER (MASSACHUSETTS / NEW YORK, 1813-1884) PORTRAIT OF SALLY E. HAND, oil on canvas, seated depiction of an older woman with grey eyes and dark hair, wearing a bonnet with bow tied under her chin, a black dress with white lace collar, and a long thin gold chain, holding a pointed object and a white cloth in her right hand, dark monotone background, signed and dated verso, "Painted for Mrs. Sally E. Hand Aged 60 / J.G. Chandler Artist / April 1842". Housed in a modern gilt molded frame. Dated 1842. 23 3/4" x 30" sight, 27 1/4" x 33 1/2" OA.
Very good visual condition with scattered areas of moderate to heavy craquelure, notably to her dress.
Provenance: The collection of the late Theodore "Ted" and Alvina Breckel, Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL.
Joan R. Brownstein, Massachusetts, 12/22/1982.
Catalogue Note: The sitter is probably Sarah "Sally" Josephine Ely Hand (1782-1848) of Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA, daughter of Reuben Ely, Jr. (1749-1825) and Sarah "Sally" Perry (1754-1813). She is buried at Noah Ely Cemetery in Hancock along with her husband, Edmund Hand (1775-1829), and several members of her family.

Very good visual condition with scattered areas of moderate to heavy craquelure, notably to her dress.