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from Auction House Records.
Mr. and Mrs. William Vaughan of Aurora, Illinois
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Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait
painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his
distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter
ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early
works, family portraits in Vermont, were brushed onto wood panels, and
he used somber colors, dark backgrounds, and detailed clothing.
In
1828, he moved to a farm in Jordan, Onandaga County, New York and (showing 500 of 1368 characters). |
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