Daniel Huntington 1816-1906 Portrait of John Sherman 1823-1900 oil on canvas, painted from life in 1880 plaque: John Sherman 1823-1900, Daniel Huntington 1816-1906, -1880- 40 x 30 19th century frame, frame wd. 5 in. Sherman was one of the Anti-slavery activists that formed what became the Republican Party, he was Senator from Ohio 1861-1877 & 1881-1897, Secretary of the Treasury 1877-1881, Secretary of State 1897-1898, a Member House of Representatives 1855-1861, Principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and he also ran for Republican presidential nomination three times. Provenance: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, New York Property from Credit Suisse’s Americana Collection Literature: Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, Catalogue of Portraits in the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York New York, 1924 p. 24, no. 53.
Estimate: $2000 - $4000