1840's American Portraits, Oil Paintings, Husband and Wife, Chicago, Illinois

We are offering 1840s American Portraits, Oil Paintings, Husband andWife, Chicago, Illinois       American Portraiture was at a zenith in 19th centuryAmerica.  Our couple is from the Jacksonian period of the American Empire, circa1840.  The emerging middle and upper middle classes,' of this period weredemanding portraitures'  that were once exclusive to wealthy ancestors.   Setting our couple apart from less expensive examples oftheir day  is the artist's added attention to the sitters’ face and dress.   These portraits took longer to paint and held more valid instyle  to the sophistication of a European hand.      Purchased in the 1950s, these portraits came to us by way  ofan auction house in Chicago, Illinois.  Our best guess is the husband-and-wifeportraits were commissioned in Chicago  in the first half of the 19th century. Dimensions are the same for both:   Both Portraits Framed size: 35 1/2" high x 35 1/2" wide                                                           Both