| Accession# |
2008.HM2ndFlDin |
| Catalog date |
06/24/2008 |
| Collection |
Robert L. Hunker Collection |
| Collector |
Robert L. Hunker |
| Artist |
not known |
| Credit line |
Robert L. Hunker |
| Date |
Late 19th Century |
| Description |
Original oil painting on canvas with pine stretchers and corner wedges, shows head and shoulder formal portrait of English gentleman in dark, heavy coat with lapel, vest, ruffled white shirt with wrapped neck, receding hairline, seated in a red velvet chair with gold leaf wood frame and dark background with gold curtain with gold fringe. The frame is an inner white painted beveled wood, outer deep, wide "thumbprint" shape carved pattern with white, gold leaf and with red and black spatters.
See Provenance and Notes. |
| Dimensions |
H-20.5 W-18.5 D-1.5 inches |
| Event |
RLH purchase at Gramercy Galleries, NYC |
| Found |
NYC, Gramercy Galleries |
| Home Location |
RLH House Museum |
| Made |
England |
| Material |
oil on canvas, wood |
| Makers mark |
further research needed |
| Notes |
RLH notes: original purchase price was $25.00 in 1963 at Gramercy Galleries from an English shipment.
RLH Assoc. tag: reads $75.00 |
| Object ID |
2008.HM2ndFlDin.675 |
| Object Name |
Painting, Oil |
| Place of Origin |
England |
| Owned |
Robert L. Hunker |
| People |
Hunker, Robert L. |
| Provenance |
RLH purchased this piece from Gramercy galleries in 1963 in NYC from an English shipment, with the intention of reselling it. The frame is a replica that RLH had done by a company in NYC that specializes in replicas of 18, 19 and early 20th century frames. Further research on this company is needed. RLH had this at the West Market Street address, then, once he moved it was put in the Peninsula gallery in 1963 and because it did not sell, Mrs. Hunker wished to have it at her home at Turkeyfoot Lake, where it remained until her death. RLH then put it where it is now, placed in his Peninsula dining room. |
| Recfrom |
Robert L. Hunker |
| Site |
RLH House Museum |
| Site # |
69 |
| Search Terms |
Robert L. Hunker House Museum
House Museums
Second Floor Dining Room
Oil Paintings
Portraits
English |
| Subjects |
Antiques
Oil paintings
Portrait paintings |
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