Henry Walton (1804-1865) Lived/Active; New York and Massachusetts

Portrait of Cornelius Post, ca. 1830-1840
Signed (l.r.): Painted by Henry Walton / Inscribed on verso: Cornelius Post, aged 51 years.
8 ¾” x 6 ¼” sight, 10 ¾” x 8 ¼” with frame.
Over-all in excellent condition, minor toning and foxing. Housed in a period frame.
Provenance: Skinner Auctions, Boston, MA, 2009; Private Collection; Pook and Pook, Pennsylvania, 2014.
A rare signed and identified portrait by Henry Walton. The three-quarter view of Cornelius wearing a dark green jacket and trousers with a black vest, seated in a bamboo turned Windsor armchair in front of a plain background is quite unique. Most of Walton’s works were thought to be created between 1825-1840.