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ELLEN BUCK (1802-1865)
Lot 477

ELLEN BUCK (1802-1865)

THEOREM PAINTING: SWIRLED BLUE VASE WITH FLOWERS

Closed21 January 2022

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ELLEN BUCK (1802-1865)
THEOREM PAINTING: SWIRLED BLUE VASE WITH FLOWERS
reverse hand-inscribed in graphite Eunice W. Buck/ Painted by Ellen Buck/ daughter of Benoni Buck of Reading V.T. and Benoni Buck was Capt. Joseph Buck's Brother
watercolor on paper
8 1⁄4 x 7 1⁄2 in.

Eunice Williams (Buck) Barber (1832-1894), Killingly, Connecticut, the artist's first cousin once removed

Specialist note

The reverse inscription indicates that this theorem was painted by Ellen Buck (1802-1865), who is listed in Reading, Vermont as a tailor and seamstress in the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census records respectively. The work was presumably owned by her first cousin once removed, Eunice Williams Buck (1832-1894) of Killingly, Connecticut who later married George Washington Barber (1812-1887). Penned by Eunice, the inscription does not appear to be genealogically correct. Ellen's father was Benjamin Buck (1765-1857), rather than his brother Benoni (1769-1821). Both were brothers of Eunice's grandfather, Captain Joseph M. Buck (1767-1861), also mentioned in the inscription.