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Lot 19
American School (19th century)Tunis Family Portrait, New York City, c. 1865
19 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$5,000 - US$7,000
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Elizabeth Muir
Senior Specialist, Head of Sale
Amy Griffin
Cataloguer

Paul O'Hara
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer
American School (19th century)
Tunis Family Portrait, New York City, c. 1865
Depicting the five children of Nehemiah and Lucia Burtis Tunis, who resided at 360 West 20th Street, left to right: William (1845-1904), Nehemiah (1848-1922), John (1858-96), Lucia (1855-1919), and Emilie (1857-1938).
unsigned
oil on canvas
30 7/8 x 50 1/8 in.
framed 37 1/4 x 56 1/2 in.
Depicting the five children of Nehemiah and Lucia Burtis Tunis, who resided at 360 West 20th Street, left to right: William (1845-1904), Nehemiah (1848-1922), John (1858-96), Lucia (1855-1919), and Emilie (1857-1938).
unsigned
oil on canvas
30 7/8 x 50 1/8 in.
framed 37 1/4 x 56 1/2 in.
Footnotes
Provenance
Emilie Theresia Tunis Burr (1857-1938), New York and East Orange, New Jersey.
Eleanor Tunis Burr (1882-1981), East Orange, New Jersey.
Gift to Alice Riley McDonald (1903-90) of South Orange, New Jersey, thence by descent to consignor.



