December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Oil on mahogany panel (an early 19th century door panel), 24 x 18 1/2 in., within gilded, carved frame. Portrait of Baltimore native William Hindman Campbell (1795-1839) in his dress uniform as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, probably to celebrate his promotion to that rank in 1826. Campbell was appointed Midshipman May 30, 1816 and had a promising career ahead of him, which was cut short when he drowned at Moses Comfort and was buried in Brooklyn, New York. William James Hubard, a noted British-born artist, came to the United States as a young man, where he studied under Thomas Sully and Gilbert Stuart, before establishing himself in Baltimore, where he became one of the leading artists in that city. His portraits of Jackson, Calhoun, Clay, Marshall, John Carroll and others are known to survive in institutions and private collections. Another portrait of Lt. William Hindman Campbell by William James Hubard is in the Maryland Historical Society. Provenance: Harry D. Berry, Jr. Collection to 1970s; private collection.