Name: STURTEVANT J. HAMBLIN (1817-1884)
Brand: Portrait of a Boy in Red with a Whip
Price: 9500.00 USD
Availability: InStock

STURTEVANT J. HAMBLIN (1817-1884)
Portrait of a Boy in Red with a Whip
oil on board
17³⁄₄ x 11³⁄₄ in. (45.1 x 29.9 cm.)

Leigh Keno, New York
Keno Auctions, Stamford, 2 May 2010, lot 446A, as attributed to William Matthew Prior
Brian and Pam Ehrlich, Mystic, Connecticut, 2019, as attributed to William Matthew Prior

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Depicting a young boy dressed in a striped red coat and holding a whip, this portrait is a particularly masterful and endearing work by Sturtevant J. Hamblin (Hamblen) (1817-1884). The brother-in-law of William Matthew Prior, Hamblin worked in a similar but distinct style. Details in this work illustrate hallmarks of Hamblin’s hand as discussed by David Krashes in his 2011 article on the Prior-Hamblin school of artists. These include hands rendered with the forefinger the longest and the other three evenly tapering toward the pinkie and chins defined by an inverted arc under the lower lip (David Krashes, “Understanding the Prior-Hamblen School of Artists a Little Better,” Maine Antique Digest (July 2011).