(American School). Portrait of David Paine, Nineteenth Century. Oil on canvas, (30 x 25 inches), apparently unsigned. Frame: H: 32.375 in., W: 27.375 in., D: 1.625 in. Provenance: A handwritten note affixed to the back of the canvas and a typed note affixed to the stretcher are both inscribed "We, the heirs of Enoch Paine (Enoch was son of Thomas, bro. of David), late of Boston Mass., do present to our young kinsman, David Paine, son of Charles C. Paine, of Troy, Pennsylvania, this portrait of our great uncle, David Paine. Phebe S. Paine, Eleanor V. Tufts, Frances E. Paine, Isabella Paine, Alice I. paine. Boston, June 26th 1885." David Paine (1879-1962) to his nephew, David Paine. According to typed labels affixed to the back of the stretcher, David Paine (1768-1851)

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32.375 x 27.375 x 1.625 in