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FOLKSY SEASCAPE WITH AN AMERICAN BRIG BY ROBERT TR

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FOLKSY SEASCAPE WITH AN AMERICAN BRIG BY ROBERT TROTTER (AMERICAN, LATE 20TH CENTURY).
Oil on canvas, unsigned. Ship's portrait at center, "God Bless" above, a sailor on the left, and a memorial for "Francis Lane Silver" on the right. Minor inpainting. 14"h. 20"w., in a 19th-century frame, 17 1/2"h. 23 1/2"w.

For information on the collectable artist, see Pennington, "The Folk Art Forger", in Maine Antique Digest, March 1990, pp. 14A-17A (the present painting is illustrated on 17A).

Condition: Scattered, minor inpainting. This painting has been artifically aged.

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