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June 28, 2025: Premier Americana: Day Three

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Lot 2467

SILAS DEWEY (AMERICAN, B. 1780), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL POE (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 1748-1839)

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

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SILAS DEWEY (AMERICAN, B. 1780), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL POE (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 1748-1839), watercolor on paper, a side-profile bust-length depiction of an attractive man with light brown hair wearing a fashionable high-collared shirt and a dark jacket. Below the portrait is an embossed banner with "Dewey" impressed in the center. Verso a note reads "DEWEY. Silas Portrait and miniature painter, / silhouettist and engraver. He advertised as a / portrait painter at Charleston (S.C.) in January 1807, / having come there from NYC. He advertised in / Baltimore (Md.) in 1810 and was listed in Baltimore / directories from 1814-1818, although he was back in / Charleston again in 1816" it goes on to list what is on the backside of the painting "On reverse: Samuel Poe / Sent to Mr. J. H. Ingram for copy by Edwin Wingate Poe Balto. MD 2/14/03." Housed under old wavy glass in a period possibly original frame. Circa 1810. 3" x 2" sight, 6 3/4" x 5 1/4" OA.
Catalogue Note: Not much is known about the artist Silas Dewey (1780-c.1820) other than what can be gleaned about his life from records in both Baltimore and Charleston. He moved between the two cities, and in 1820, Eliza Dewey, his widow, is listed as head of household in Baltimore, MD, with family records only indicating that he died in Baltimore without an exact date.
The identity of the sitter, Samuel Poe (1748-1839), was harder to pin down than that of the artist. The note on the back of the portrait was the key listing "Edwin Wingate Poe" as someone who made a copy of the portrait. With the assumption that he was an ancestor, we were able to trace the tree back several generations and find Samuel. His parents John Poe (1716-1756) and Jane McBride (1706-1802) immigrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland in 1747/48 and almost immediately had Samuel, their second son, in 1848.

Condition

Very good condition overall with some slight expected toning, discoloration, and spotting to the painting itself and to the mat; the frame with minor scattered wear. Not examined out of frame.

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