John Brewster (American 1766-1854). Pair of Portraits of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr. and His Wife, Sarah Bartlett Gale of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1822. Each oil on canvas, signed in pencil on Amos Gale's stretcher "John Brewster Pinxt, March the 28th 1822," (30.125 x 25.25 inches); housed in the original frames. Frame: H: 35 in., W: 30 in., D: 3.25 in. Provenance: The Dingman Collection, Hampton, New Hampshire. Sarah Bartlett (1773-1847) was the youngest daughter of Josiah Bartlett, first Governor of New Hampshire and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. She married Amos Gale, Jr. (1768-1824) in 1796. Amos was the first physician to be admitted to the newly formed New Hampshire Medical Society at its inaugural meeting in 1791.

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35 x 30 x 3.25 in