AMERICAN SCHOOL (early 19th century). Portrait of David Mack, Oil on canvas. Verso notation provides attribution to the sitter. Framed.
NOTE: David Mack (1804-1878), graduated from Yale College in 1823 and studied law under his uncle, Judge Mack, in Salem, Massachusetts. He practiced law in Andover for a short time until he began teaching. Mack was one of the signers of the original agreement to establish Brook Farm. From 1831-1836, he was the principal of the Friend's School in Bedford. For several years he ran a girls boarding school in Cambridge, until 1841 when and together with George William Benson (1808-), Samuel Lapham Hill (1806-1882) and others, he helped found the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, a utopian community, located near Northampton, Mass. based on communal living and racial equality, the Association set out to reform the existing industrial system based on competition and division of labor to one of mutual cooperation. Mack and his wife Lucy were teachers in the Association's progressive school. Among the supporters and members of the Northampton community were William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Samuel May, and Sojourner Truth. Mack left the Association in 1835. - 30.5 x 25 inches; frame: 40 x 50 inches The lifelong collection of Bernie Delia Estimate $350-450
