Description
AMERICAN SCHOOL
Possibly New York, Circa 1825
Portrait miniature on ivory of a woman seated on a red sofa by a window overlooking an expansive landscape. Woman wearing a yellow dress and a translucent white lace bonnet trimmed with pink roses. Blue damask drapes frame a view out the window of a river and distant mountains.
Watercolor, 4.75" x 3.5" sight. Framed 8.5" x 6".
Provenance:
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, January 17, 1991.
The Collection of Nancy & Larry Dickson.
Possibly New York, Circa 1825
Portrait miniature on ivory of a woman seated on a red sofa by a window overlooking an expansive landscape. Woman wearing a yellow dress and a translucent white lace bonnet trimmed with pink roses. Blue damask drapes frame a view out the window of a river and distant mountains.
Watercolor, 4.75" x 3.5" sight. Framed 8.5" x 6".
Provenance:
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, January 17, 1991.
The Collection of Nancy & Larry Dickson.
Condition
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AMERICAN SCHOOL (Possibly New York, Circa 1825), Portrait miniature on ivory of a woman seated on a
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Americana Week: Session I
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