att. Sheldon Peck (1797-1868), Pair of Portraits

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oil on canvas, unsigned, half-length portraits of a lady and gentleman, each depicted against a dark ground often found in portraits from PeckÕs early Vermont period and those he painted after first moving to Illinois in the 1830s. Each housed in the original mahogany frames with lap joints.Provenance: Private Collection, Pittsboro, North Carolina Jim & Bernice Miller of Miller Antiques, Appleton, Wisconsin (a letter from Bernice Miller states that "Also, Gail Savage, who has written articles on early artists for Antiques magazine, has seen these portraits and absolutely declares them Sheldon Peck portraits.") Carnegie Museum of Art deaccessionDimensions: SS 29 x 24.25 in.; DOA 36.5 x 31 in.