Live Auction 2285Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Lot 177 Property of the Montclair Art Museum, sold to benefit the Acquisition Endowment Fund

Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)

Mrs. Sarah Bordley

Closed4 March 2010

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USD 43,750

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Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Mrs. Sarah Bordley
signed, dated and inscribed 'Mrs. Sarah Bordley aged/yrs/54=7m/painted May 31, 1788 by CW Peale (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
25 x 19¾ in. (63.5 x 50.2 cm.)

Mrs. Sarah Bordley.
Mrs. James Gibson, daughter of the above.
Mr. Edward Shippen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by bequest from the above, 1863.
Mrs. Roland S. Morris, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by descent.
Mrs. William Machold and Mr. Edward Shippen Morris, by descent.
Acquired by the present owner, 1954.