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Nathaniel Lamson of Woodbury, Connectcut, 1795 WILLIAM JENNYS (1774-1859) Oil on canvas, 30 1 /4 x 25 inches, with original carved and painted frame PROVENANCE: Nathaniel Lamson, born 1776, Woodbury, Connecticut; to his daughter Amanada Lamson Van Voorhees, to her daughter Mary Ella Van Voorhees Russell, to her daughter Miss Frances B. Russell of Stratford, Connetciut. The personal collection of Miss Mary Allis, Southport, Connecticut; The collection of Mr. and Mrs. M. Austin Fine, Baltimore, Maryland. EXHIBITED: The Stratford Historical Society, Stratford, Connecticut, lent by Miss Frances B. Russell, 1932-1955; “Portraits of Richard and William Jennys,” The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1955-1956; “American Art 1750-1800: Towards Independence,” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, April 3- May 23, 1976 traveled to The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July 15-September 26, 1976. PUBLISHED: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, “J. William and William Jennys,” Art in America , 20, no. 6, (1932), pp. 202-206. William Lamson Warren, “The Jennys Portraits,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin , Volume 20, no. 4, October 1955, Fig. 18. “A Checklist of Jennys Portraits,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin , Volume 21, no. 2, April 1956, no. 57. Wendell D. Garrett, “Living with Antiques, The Connecticut home of Mary Allis,” The Magazine Antiques , November 1969, p. 756. Charles F. Montgomery and Patricia E. Kane, Gen. Eds., American Art 1750-1800: Towards Independence ((Boston: New York Graphic Society published for Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1976, no. 55, p. 116, and p. 286. David A. Schorsch ~ EileenM. Smiles American Antiques ANTIQUARIAN EQUITIES, INC. 358 MAIN STREET SOUTH, WOODBURY, CT 06798 TELEPHONE: 203-263-3131 T ELEFAX: 203-263-2622 WWW SCHORSCH-SMILES.COM EMAIL: CONTACT@SCHORSCH-SMILES.COM . AN AMERICAN MASTERPIECE