Description: PORTRAIT PAINTINGS - MATTHEW & SARAH STACY OF JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS (AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY)
Oil on canvas, 2nd quarter 19th century, unsigned. Companion portrait paintings of the mid 19th century Illinois socialites in mahogany frames.
Stacy, Matthew, Born Jan 21, 1799 in Kentucky, Died Mar 29 1885 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois. Originator of female learning center in Morgan county 1846, slavery abolitionist and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, politician and eventual Mayor of Jacksonville.
Stacy, Sarah, Born Jun 03 1803 in Virginia, Died 1867
Noted in the Old Settlers Association "List of Original Members" from
History of Morgan County, Illinois: Its Past and Present, 1878
The two works accompanied by a framed "Old Jacksonville" newspaper article by Ensley Moore of the Illinois State Historical Society.
Image: 27.5"h. 23"w. Frame: 34"h. 30"w.