Lot 176

1856 YMCA FOUNDER PORTRAIT - T.B. READ

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1856 YMCA FOUNDER PORTRAIT - T.B. READ

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Starting Bid: $750

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by Americana Auctions
August 8, 2026 11:00 AM EDT
Live Auction
380 Winthrop St.
Rehoboth , MA, US 02769

Large 3/4 length oil portrait on canvas of George H. Stuart (1816-1890), founder of the YMCA organization in Philadelphia and established as it's first president in 1854. He was a businessman, abolitionist, philanthropist and Evangelical Christian leader. It is signed T.B. Read, Phila. 1856 and has card with provenance on back. Size: 45 x 36 in, framed 52 x 42 in. (Thomas Read 1822-1872 was a portrait and historical painter from NY and Penn.)

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