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J. Reid'Young Lady Playing a Guitar', St. Louis Socialite, Early Cincinnati Photography1869
1869
About the Item
Signed lower left, 'J. Reid' (American, 19th century) and dated 1869.
Additionally inscribed, lower right, 'J. A. Scholten, Pho.' for John A. Scholten (American, 1829-1886)
A period and substantial oil portrait by J. Reid from a John Scholten photograph showing an elegantly-dressed young woman playing a classical guitar and gazing directly and with confidence towards the viewer. Viewed through a window across a stone balustrade, a Neoclassical landscape, with broad river and distant riverbank, rests beneath sunset clouds. J. Reid was a portrait painter active from the 1820's through the 1860's. John A. Scholten maintained photography studios in both St Louis and Cincinnati and was a much sought-after society portraitist and photographer of bridal parties and Civil War luminaries, including General George Armstrong Custer. By the 1840s, Scholten was working in St. Louis with a gallery and studio on 5th Street which he later removed to premises on Olive Street.
- Creator:J. Reid (American)
- Creation Year:1869
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
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- Condition:minor restoration, minor craquelure, minor adhesions; unframed; shows well.
- Gallery Location:Santa Cruz, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU34411555872
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