The Old Merchant (1848)

Name:              The Old Merchant
Artist:            Robert W Weir
a/k/a:             Amerigo Vespucci
Year:              1848 (earliest: 1842 latest: 1848)
Format:            Oil on canvas
Size:              20x16
Signed?            R. W. Weir, 1848, lower right
Location:          Private Collection (2019)
Website ID:        MERC1
Estate #:          
Provenance:        Joseph Tuckerman, Esq., New York; [Sale] Doyle, New York, may, 5, 1999, lot 107; Private collection, MD 
Condition:         Condition Report: (i) Inpainting throughout to minimize the appearance of craquelure. The work has been relined. 
 (ii) There are a few repaired tears at the left side of the work each approximatley 1 1/2 inches in the lower and upper left corners and another at the left center edge. This work is framed with an archival matte and UF3 Plexiglass. 
 
 
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Auction Price:     $5,625
Auction Estimate:  $8,000
Auction Year:      2019
Exhibited?         
NAD?               
Tuckerman?         Yes
Irene Weir Book?   
William Gerts?     
Ahrens Plate/Page?  
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Notes:             Listed in 1999 auction as 1842, 2019 auction as 1848.
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Score:             3/10
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