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Horace Bundy (1814-1883) Portrait of a Gentleman, Oliver Holt (1796-1876) of Alstead, NH, c.1840's

Sold for $300 at Peterborough Auctions on Mar 9, 2025.

Horace Bundy (1814-1883) Portrait of a Gentleman, Oliver Holt (1796-1876) of Alstead, NH, c.1840's auction lot image

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Oil on canvas, signed on the reverse, with subject also identified on the reverse. 26" x 18", in modern frame. Small repair to upper left corner of the background. Canvas lined with clear mylar. Horace Bundy---painter of portraits, genre, and animals---was born on July 22, 1814 in Hardwick, VT and died in 1883 in Concord, NH. He was basically a self-taught, itinerant artist who started his career decorating sleighs and then went on to painting portraits of northern New Englanders. As many artists of his day, Bundy went to live and work in the new, thriving industrial city of Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1837, just one year after Lowell was incorporated as a city, Bundy married Louisa Lockwood. A few years after their marriage the Bundys moved to Springfield, VT and lived in a house built for them by Louisa's father.

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