Pair of portraits of the Durfee brothers: James Durfee Jr. and Horation Durfee by William Matthew Prior (1806--1873) new Bedford, MA circa 1845. each oil on artists board. Provenance: By direct descent in the family of the sitters, from Ellen Wade Dufree (born April 16, 1849) married William Rickard (1838-1911), to their daughter, Ellen "Nellie" Rickard, born August 15, 1882, died July 1978, Cranston, RI.
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