Lot 174

OIL PORTRAIT MOTHER & CHILD BY OZIAS HUMPHRY

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OIL PORTRAIT MOTHER & CHILD BY OZIAS HUMPHRY

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Starting Bid: $2,000

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

Fine late 18th century oil painting on canvas, Portrait of Mrs. Mary Carter and Child by Ozias Humphry. Unsigned with artist plaque and his dates 1742-1810. Size: 30 x 25 in, framed 38 x 32. Together with a 1929 London gallery booklet with photo of this painting and some biographical information. From a Florida doctor's estate. @ blacklight (Ozias Humphry 1742 – 1810 was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures, later oils and pastels, of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1791, and in 1792 he was appointed Portrait Painter in Crayons to the King (i.e. pastels).As a young artist, he found his talent encouraged by Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, among others. His problems with his sight, which ultimately led to blindness, began in the early 1770s and forced him to paint larger works in oils and pastel.)

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