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Auction archive: Lot number 448

Portraits of Thomas and Elizabeth McCullough by De Scott Evans,

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Price realised:
US$5,750
Auction archive: Lot number 448

Portraits of Thomas and Elizabeth McCullough by De Scott Evans,

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$5,750
Beschreibung:

both oil on canvas and signed and dated 1878. Well-executed half-length portraits of the McCulloughs. He is wearing a black suit, and she is wearing a burgundy dress trimmed in lace. In period, gesso and gilt frames; 31" x 25" (w/o frame), 42.25" x 36.25" (w/frame). Thomas McCullough (1818-1901) was the first white male born in the fledgling village of Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. At a relatively young age, Thomas began clerking for his brother-in-law, Jacob D. Stillwell, in Hanover Township. When he came of age, he established a grocery in downtown Oxford. He advertised in the local paper: McCullough and Co. / By this notice would show / To all who at College do dwell, / That tripe and pigs-feet, / And oysters to eat / For cash or good credit they'll sell. McCullough had 2 children with his first wife, but only 1 survived to adulthood. He then married Elizabeth and had 2 more children. The McCullough family was well-situated in early Oxford. Samuel McCullough, Thomas' father, kept a dry goods store. Thomas had 2 brothers, a minister and a lawyer, and 3 sisters, one of whom who married a newspaper publisher. De Scott Evans (1847-1898) was born in Wayne County, Indiana David Scott Evans, but changed his name after an 1870 trip to France during which he allegedly suffered an identity crisis (but may have been merely trying to avoid his creditors). He studied at Miami University in Oxford, as well as in Cincinnati and under William Bouguereau in Paris. He then moved to Cleveland, where he taught at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts. Tragically, he and his family were drowned during the 1898 wreck of the S.S. Burgoyne in the Atlantic Ocean. In today's market, he is most well known for his remarkable trompe l'oeil still lifes, but at the time, he was a popular painter of portraits, as well as interiors with female figures. Provenance:Ex Collection Bob White, Oxford, Ohio Condition:Recently conserved; VG.

Auction archive: Lot number 448
Auction:
Datum:
2 Feb 2005
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

both oil on canvas and signed and dated 1878. Well-executed half-length portraits of the McCulloughs. He is wearing a black suit, and she is wearing a burgundy dress trimmed in lace. In period, gesso and gilt frames; 31" x 25" (w/o frame), 42.25" x 36.25" (w/frame). Thomas McCullough (1818-1901) was the first white male born in the fledgling village of Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. At a relatively young age, Thomas began clerking for his brother-in-law, Jacob D. Stillwell, in Hanover Township. When he came of age, he established a grocery in downtown Oxford. He advertised in the local paper: McCullough and Co. / By this notice would show / To all who at College do dwell, / That tripe and pigs-feet, / And oysters to eat / For cash or good credit they'll sell. McCullough had 2 children with his first wife, but only 1 survived to adulthood. He then married Elizabeth and had 2 more children. The McCullough family was well-situated in early Oxford. Samuel McCullough, Thomas' father, kept a dry goods store. Thomas had 2 brothers, a minister and a lawyer, and 3 sisters, one of whom who married a newspaper publisher. De Scott Evans (1847-1898) was born in Wayne County, Indiana David Scott Evans, but changed his name after an 1870 trip to France during which he allegedly suffered an identity crisis (but may have been merely trying to avoid his creditors). He studied at Miami University in Oxford, as well as in Cincinnati and under William Bouguereau in Paris. He then moved to Cleveland, where he taught at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts. Tragically, he and his family were drowned during the 1898 wreck of the S.S. Burgoyne in the Atlantic Ocean. In today's market, he is most well known for his remarkable trompe l'oeil still lifes, but at the time, he was a popular painter of portraits, as well as interiors with female figures. Provenance:Ex Collection Bob White, Oxford, Ohio Condition:Recently conserved; VG.

Auction archive: Lot number 448
Auction:
Datum:
2 Feb 2005
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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