American, 1827-1902
Portraits of Albert Peale, Age 9, 1858 and Clara E. Peale, 1858: a pair
The first inscribed Albert Peale / Age 9 / Painted By Mary J Peale / Riverside / 1858 and the second inscribed Clara E Peale / Painted by Mary J Peale / Riverside / 1858
Oil on canvas laid on panel
Each 20 1/8 x 17 inches

(Framed 25 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches)

(i) Craquelure; careful touches of inpainting scattered throughout; older spots of inpainting in the collar and jacket of the sitter; the surface has alligatored in the background.
(ii) Craquelure; careful touches of inpainting scattered throughout; a repaired tear lower center approximately 2 inches by 1 inch in size; the surface has alligatored in the background.

(i) Craquelure; careful touches of inpainting scattered throughout; older spots of inpainting in the collar and jacket of the sitter; the surface has alligatored in the background. (ii) Craquelure; careful touches of inpainting scattered throughout; a repaired tear lower center approximately 2 inches by 1 inch in size; the surface has alligatored in the background.

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