GEORGE LINEN (Scottish/American, 1802 - 1882). A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF MISS CATHERINE SWAN AND MRS. SMITH CULTER (JANE SWAN), oil on panel - 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. Estimate $2,500-3,500
Both sitters are wearing the same cameo brooch, a family heirloom.
NOTE:
Linen emigrated to America in 1834 and worked mainly in New York City and New Jersey. He established himself as the leading painter of cabinet portraits (oil paintings larger than miniature and smaller than life) during the 1830's. Linen painted in Richmond and Baltimore in the 1850's. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1837 to 1852, and also The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
PROVENANCE:
By direct family descent.
