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Francis Alexander(American, 1800-1880)Portrait of Benjamin Clifford
2 – 12 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$153.60 inc. premium
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Francis Alexander (American, 1800-1880)
Portrait of Benjamin Clifford
unsigned; stamp of Copley Gallery Restoration dated 12 September 1914 (on the reverse); hand-written label 'Benjamin Clifford / Property of / ...' (affixed to stretcher); Wiebold Inc. Conservation Lab painting treatment form (affixed to lining)
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 24 3/16 in.
framed 31 1/4 x 27 3/8 in.
unsigned; stamp of Copley Gallery Restoration dated 12 September 1914 (on the reverse); hand-written label 'Benjamin Clifford / Property of / ...' (affixed to stretcher); Wiebold Inc. Conservation Lab painting treatment form (affixed to lining)
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 24 3/16 in.
framed 31 1/4 x 27 3/8 in.
Footnotes
N.B.
Benjamin Clifford (1772-1856) of Providence, Rhode Island, married Achsah Wade (1774-1851) of Bristol County, Massachusetts, in 1795. Their son John Henry Clifford (1809-76) served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1849-1852, and again from 1854-1858, a tenure interrupted only by his term as Governor in 1853. He was later president of the Boston and Providence Railroad, serving from 1867 until his death in 1876.
























