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Lot description
John Samuel Blunt (American, 1798-1835) Pair of Portraits: John and Electa Stoddard Hale circa 1830 oil on canvas unsigned each retaining partial printed labels for the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, verso 29 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches. This lot is located in Cincinnati. Provenance: Ex-collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania. Portrait of Electa purchased from Hirschl and Adler Gallery, New York City, New York; Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, 2017. Exhibited: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 1996. Genealogical records confirm that Electa Stoddard Hale (1799-1876) was born in Upton, Massachusetts, and married William Hale (1795-1872) in the same town in 1819. According to state and federal census data, the Georgian-born William was a merchant by trade. John Blunt, also called the "Borden Limner," moved with his family to Boston, just forty miles from Upton, in the early 1830s and soon became known for his distinct and lifelike portraiture, following an exhibition of his work at the Boston Athenaeum.