$9,600
Attributed to William Thompson Bartoll (Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1817-1859) Portrait of a Child Wearing a Blue Dress, Holding a Tinware Toy Pump. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, reportedly depicting Elizabeth Snow of Marblehead, Massachusetts, c. 1840, 44 3/4 x 37 3/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame; accompanied by a transfer-decorated, red-painted, toy tinware pump. Condition: Relined, very minor retouch. Note: William Thompson Bartoll was a portrait and mural painter residing in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum between 1841 and 1855. The portrait is also accompanied by a letter of correspondence from a previous owner of the portrait to the director of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is inquiring as to the value of her portrait which she states is: "of a little girl, Elizabeth Snow of Marblehead. She is wearing a blue dress with white eyelet trimming white pantalets, black shoes- and is holding a red toy pump...I have had several inquiries about this portrait-including 3 well-known Boston galleries and a New York one, but my problem is no one wishes to make an offer, but want me to set a price."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
