Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Portrait of Edmund Physick
oil on copper
signed with artist initials CP, dated 1795 lower right
inscribed peale, pinxit 1796 on back E. Physick_ Olat: 70 _, Edmund Physick lash, receiver general and keeper of the great seat of the Province of Pennsylvania
the following is sourced from Sotheby’s: Edmund Physick (1726-1804) an Englishman, was Receiver General and Keeper of the Great Seal of the province of Pennsylvania. After the Revolution, he remained as attorney and confidential agent for the Penns. His major concern was the handling of sales of proprietary lands. Physick and his wife, Abigail Syng, were the parents of the noted physician, Philip Syng Physick. A prototype by F. Gutekunst of the painting and a brief note discussing the work written by Philip S. Connor (relative of Mrs. Wister listed below) will accompany the lot
6″ x 4 3/4″
Provenance: Mrs. Louis Wister, descended in the family to the previous owner, sold at Sotheby’s 1984 item #1 to present owner
Exhibition: Philadelphia, 1889
Literature: Charles Coleman Sellers, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1952) p. 171 no. 688
Condition: In good condition. Please reference attached photos
Estimate: $20000 - $40000
