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RISLEY, Professor (Richard Risley Carlisle) (1814-1874). Professor Risley and his sons. American, ca. 1840s/50s. Watercolor portrait of the gymnast and his sons, titled in the lower margin. Attributed to Charles Shoettel (according to a typed note on the verso, the watercolor was found in one of Shoettel?s albums, which descended from John D. Ottiwell, a Lieutenant Colonel in the New York State militia, and delegate to the 1868 Republican Convention). In contemporary wooden frame, with glass glazing, sight 8 x 6?. Overall 10 ? x 8 1/8?.