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185 . PAIR OF NANTUCKET PORTRAITS DEPICTING CAPTAIN ROBERT JOY ( 1793-1862 ) AND SALLY HUSSEY JOY ( 1797-1882 ), oils on pine panels , unsigned . 27 in . x 23 in . Captain Robert Joy , a well known ship owner lived on Gardner Street . Sally Joy was the daughter of Sarah Jenkins Hussey and Charles Hussey and a sister of Mary Seaman Hussey ( Mrs . Peter Folger ). Provenance : The portraits hung for a number of years in the Folger Mansion on Centre Street , a home occupied by the Folger family for 5 generations . The portraits were passed on from Bertha Folger to her cousin , the present owner . Accompanied with hand written “ Family Record ” birth and death dates .
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