WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH (1755-1834). PORTRAIT OF GENERAL JOHN BARKER, CIRCA 1824, Signed lower right with initials "WB". Enamel on copper. Miniature. Depicts head and half torso view of older gentleman seated in chair. Ebonized wood frame. - Sight size as framed, 2 7/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. Estimate $300-500
NOTE: John Barker was twice Mayor of Philadelphia and served in the U.S. Army in the American Revolutionary War.
LITERATURE Listed in Anna Wells Rutledge, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1807-1870 (Philadelphia, 1955), page 28. PROVENANCE Walters Art Gallery A.J. Fink Miniature Collection National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
