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(Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 1781-1858)Portrait of Absalom Bunker (1794-1835), circa 1810, unsigned, oil on panel, 25-3/4 x 23-1/8 in.; gilt wood frame, added strip of wood at top; frame with resurfacing. Notes: Absalom Bunker was the brother of Alexander Downes Bunker, ship's captain based in Nantucket and later the first lighthouse keeper at Sankaty Head Light, Nantucket. Lot accompanied by a rubbing of the sitter's tombstone.The Collection of June Ide Ellison includes a rich archive of letters, journals, photographs, and paintings from the Bunker and Ide families of Massachusetts. Other family names included in the collection are Macy, Starbucks and Coffin of Nantucket as well as Worth, Baxter, Draper and Goddard. Most of the primarily 19th century material relates to family members who resided in the coastal town of Nantucket but includes other areas of Massachusetts and even as far away as California. Her ancestor Alexander Bunker was a well known captain on a whaling vessel and later became the first keeper at Sankaty-Head Lighthouse. Another family member, William B. Ide ventured to Northern California and became the leader of the short-lived 1846 Bear Flag Rebellion. He later described the revolt in his book, [The Conquest of California], published in 1880.. Provenance: By descent in family; Estate of June Ide Ellison, Boston, Massachusetts