A genre, portrait, and historical painter, George Comegys was born in Maryland; lived in Philadelphia. As a youth he studied under John Neagle; his earliest work is recorded in 1836. He exhibited at the Artists' Fund Society, Pennsylvania Academy, the National Academy of Design in New York as well as the Apollo Gallery and Association. He died in the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.
Date: 1840's
Measurement: Frame: 25.5" x 21.5"; view: 17.75" x 13.75"
Material: Oil on canvas
Condition: Very good original condition, never cleaned, two trivial [tiny] punctures repaired.
Reference: See Mirror To The American Past by Hermann Warner Williams, Jr. pp. 171-172, plate 164.
$3,575
SKU: 673-18
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