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Antiques Roadshow Discovery Goes to the Amon Carter


by Jerome Weeks 20 May 2009 11:33 AM

When the 1847 painting appeared on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow in January, appraiser Alan Fausel exclaimed it could hang in a museum. (The Dallas owner — who remains anonymous — responded with “Oh my gosh!” when Fausel appraised the painting’s value at between $300,000 and $500,000.) And now it is in a museum — on a […]

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wa200802a35_00When the 1847 painting appeared on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow in January, appraiser Alan Fausel exclaimed it could hang in a museum. (The Dallas owner — who remains anonymous — responded with “Oh my gosh!” when Fausel appraised the painting’s value at between $300,000 and $500,000.)

And now it is in a museum — on a long-term loan to the Amon Carter in Fort Worth. The Illustrious Guest was painted by James Henry Beard, a well-known portrait painter in New York in the first half of the 19th century. His subjects included  John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, the Kentucky senator who is depicted in The Illustrious Guest visiting a country tavern while campaigning.

Beard, by the way, was better known for painting lightly satiric portaits of dogs and pets — much like his brother and fellow painter, William Holbrook Beard.

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  • If you are interested in this painting and discovering how other exciting new loans relate to the Amon Carter Museum’s permanent collection, don’t miss the free gallery talk “Illustrious Guests” at the Carter on Thursday, November 12 at 6 p.m. This program will be presented by Carter Curator of Paintings and Sculpture Rebecca Lawton. For more information, call 817.989.5030.