ca1880s PORTRAIT PAINTING: HAMILTON AUGUSTUS MATHES, DURHAM NEW HAMPSHIRE

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ca1880s PORTRAIT PAINTING: HAMILTON AUGUSTUS MATHES, DURHAM NEW HAMPSHIRE:
$1000.00

HISTORIC FIND FROM AN ESTATE sale. PORTRAIT ON CANVAS OF HAMILTON AUGUSTUS MATHES OF DURHAM NEW HAMPSHIRE. MATHES WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN WHOSE EXPLOITS ARE WRITTEN IN A BOOK BY C. DANA. MATHES OWNED AND OPERATED A BRICK MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN DURHAM FROM 1862 TO HIS DEATH IN 1891. BORN IN DURHAM, A 9TH GENERATION OF MATHES WHO HAD BEEN IN DURHAM SINCE THE EARLY 1600s.
MATHES WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE DURHAM LIBRARY ASSOC FROM 1881-1891. THE PAINTING IS NOT SIGNED BUT A TAG ON THE BACK STATES THAT THE ARTIST WAS HIS COUSIN KELLIE MATHES HORN. THE STICKER I HAVE PICTURED OF THE L A STROBEL Co MADE FRAMES FROM 1886 THRU 1899. AT THE STUDIO A FEW CHIPS WERE FILLED AND THE FRAME RE-PAINTED. THE CANVAS HAD 2 SMALL TEARS WHICH I DID BY PUTTING IT ON MY EASEL WHICH IS TOO SMALL. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND NOT VISIBLE NOW. NEW CUSTOM FRAME MEASURES 30\"X35\" AND THE STRETCHER IS 25\"X30\". SHIPPINGS COSTS BECAUSE OF SURCHARGES ARE SET FOR DISTANT SHIPPING. IF YOU ARE IN NEW ENGLAND THE COSTS WILL BE MUCH LOWER.