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A staple in any folk art or Americana collection. This oil on canvas is unsigned but most likely the work of William Matthew Prior. The canvas is stamped on the reverse with a period Baltimore canvas maker. 27" x 34" canvas size and 29.5" x 36.5" including the period lemon gold frame.

Most likely executed by William Matthew Prior, oil on board measuring painting 14" H x 10 1/2" and 16 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W with period frame. Prove...

Oil on canvas Image size: 9 x 13 3/4 inches (23 x 35 cm) Period mahogany frame Prior followed a successful format in which he included with his subjects an accessory or object that identified their gender or their individual interests, here we see a bible on the table next to the man. Prior was able to paint in both an academic painterly manner as well as a more abstract, flat style. This portrait is executed in the latter style. Prior advertised “persons wishing for a flat picture can have a likeness without a shade or shadow at one-quarter price” which catered to patrons who wanted to spend less money or time. This approach helped Prior create a prolific body of work and suggested that Prior consciously choose to paint within a flat stylised manner. For Prior art was a business and he successfully created a formula to attract many types of customers. These flat likeness works were often oil on cardboard or canvas and of a smaller size. The face of the sitter fills the plane and they gaze directly at the viewer. William Matthew Prior...

Oil on canvas Image size: 9 x 13 3/4 inches (23 x 35 cm) Period mahogany frame This girl in a blue dress exhibits William Matthew Prior's succe...