A pair of portraits of a couple, strong on character and conveying an intensity and sense of individuality notable in Walton portraits. The sitters are thought to be from the Billings or Robinson family of McLean, New York, and the man holds a newspaper on which "Journal..." can be read, probably the Ithaca Journal, which is dated January 1845.

Inscriptions by the artist on the backs of each portrait are, "Painted by H. Walton, McLean."
Illustrated on page 62 in "Artist of Ithaca: Henry Walton and his Odyssey" by Leigh Rehner Jones. Included in the 1988-1989 exhibit at the Herbert H. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, the Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA, and the New York State Museum in Albany, NY.
Ex-collections: Ernest C. Burnham, Peter Zaharis

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