Lot 132: 18th C. Portrait of Josiah Shackford

Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000

Oil on canvas with written history on back of stretcher “Josiah Shackford – Commissioned Lieutenant of frigate ‘Raleigh’ July 1776 – by Copley” (John Singleton Copley, 1735-1815), exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection, 28″ x 34″, (ex. Fertig collection).