Live Auction 3787American Art
William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
Lot 135 Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport, Jr.

William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)

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Closed19 November 2015

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William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
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signed and dated 'Wm. S. Mount./1834.' (lower left)
oil on panel
11 x 8 7/8 in. (27.9 x 22.5 cm.)
Painted in 1834.

The artist.
Benjamin Franklin Thompson, Long Island, New York, gift from the above, 1840.
J.T. Vanderhoof, Esq.
Miss Louise Ockers, Oakdale, Long Island, New York, by 1944.
Mrs. Grace M. Walker, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1971.

Specialist note

In a letter dated December 5, 1840 to Benjamin Franklin Thompson, a lawyer and political leader on Long Island and a noted historian of Long Island history, William Sidney Mount wrote of the present work, "I presume you recollect the picture you admired so much in my studio, a Boy sitting with a book in his hands and surrounded by flowers. If you will accept it as a token of esteem and friendship from the Artist you are welcome to it. I value it as a sketch highly. I will send it to you the first opportunity." (as quoted in A. Frankenstein, William Sidney Mount, New York, 1975, p. 102)