Live Auction 2343Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Prints
Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872)
Lot 77 PROPERTY FROM THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORY MUSEUM AT THE ATWATER KENT, WITH PROCEEDS BENEFITING THE COLLECTION FUND AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872)

A Pair of Portraits of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning

Closed29 September 2010

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Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872)
A Pair of Portraits of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning
both portraits signed "T.B. Read/Florence" (lower right). Verso of each inscribed "Portrait of Robt Browning/Painted for Ferdinand J. Draer [sic]/By T.B. Read/Florence 1855" and "Portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Painted for Ferdinand J. Draer [sic] Esq/By T.B. Read/Florence 1855," respectively
oil on canvas
15¾ x 12¾ in.
Painted in 1853 (2)

Ferdinand J. Dreer