Ellen Naar with her grand-daughter, Sarah Francis.
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 324
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
Ellen Naar with her grand-daughter, Sarah Francis.
c. 1835:
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
A striking example of 19th century Sephardic-American Jewish portraiture.
Ellen Naar (d. 1856) married the wealthy Joshua Naar of the illustrious Sephardic-American family and was a member of New York’s Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel. For more on the Naar Family, see N. Rosenstein, The Grandees of New Jersey (2006). A detail of this portrait painting appears on page 61.