EARLY 19TH C.TEXAS O/C PORTRAIT PAINTING ASA WATKINS THOMPSON, MATAGORDA COUNTY

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EARLY 19TH C.TEXAS O/C PORTRAIT PAINTING ASA WATKINS THOMPSON, MATAGORDA COUNTY:
$350.00

AN EARLY UNSIGNED OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF ASA WATKINS THOMPSON, OF MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, A MEMBER OF THE EARLY TEXAS \"ASA WATKINS THOMPSON AND JOHN PLAYER\" FAMILIES
PAINTING WAS PURCHASED FROM THE \"THOMPSON P. PLAYER JR.\", ESTATE SALE, IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, IN 2015, ALONG WITH OTHER PORTRAIT PAINTINGS OF THE PLAYER AND THOMPSON FAMILIES, PAINTING IS IN THE ORIGINAL RESTORATION FRAME ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 40 YEARS - I HAVE SOME HISTORY ON THESE FAMILIES THAT WILL BE FURNISHED TO THE BUYER OF THE PAINTING
NOTE: THE HONORABLE WELLS THOMPSON (1834-1914), WHO WAS THE SON OF \"ASA WATKINS THOMPSON\", WAS ELECTED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF TEXAS IN 1869 (BUT THE OCCUPYING MILITARY OVERTURNED IT), WAS A TEXAS LEGISLATOR, LAWYER AND A CAPTAIN IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. THE THOMPSON FAMILY EMIGRATED TO TEXAS FROM ALABAMA IN THE EARLY 1840\'S AND SETTLED IN MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS.NOTE: THE CORRECT SHADE OF THIS PAINTING IS MUCH DARKER THAN THESE PHOTOS SHOW
NOTE: THIS PAINTING WAS RESTORED SOMETIME DURING THE LAST 40+ YEARSSIZE OF FRAME - 30\" HIGH X 24\" WIDE
NOTE:PLEASE SEE ABOVE FOR CONDITION REPORT AND PHOTOS