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PORTRAIT OF NANCY NOLEN (NEW ENGLAND, 2ND QUARTER-19

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PORTRAIT OF NANCY NOLEN (NEW ENGLAND, 2ND QUARTER-19TH CENTURY) AND HER SAMPLER.

Oil on canvas, unsigned. Wonderful, half-length, seated portrait of a young woman wearing a lace-trimmed, striped dress and holding a book bearing the initials "N.N." Minor imperfections. 27"h. 23"w., appears to be its original, black-painted frame, 30"h. 25 1/2"w. Ex Antique Associates at West Townsend (Massachusetts). And the marking sampler made when she was 12 years old. Probably Massachusetts,1818, silk on linen. Slight imperfections. Conservation mounted and reframed in old, if not original, frame. 12"h. 10"w. 13"h. 11"w. framed.

Nancy Nolen was born in either Roxbury, Massachusetts or Thompson, Connecticut, in 1806, the daughter of George Nolen(1767-1840) and Esther Langley Nolen(1772-1846). Census records and family histories most often list her birthplace as Massachusetts. Her parents were born and married in Roxbury. In 1834, at the age of 28, Nancy married James Verry(1814-1867) of Mendon, Massachusetts. The newly wed couple settled in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where James became a successful woollen merchant. They raised two daughters, one surviving to adulthood.

Historical research accompanies the lot.

Condition: Painting with repair in upper-right and other, scattered, minor inpainting; minor wear to the frame. Samper has minor discoloration where dark dyes have migrated to the surrounding ground.

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