$4,113
American School, 19th Century Portrait of Mary (Whitney) Libby. Unsigned. Oil on artist board, depicting the woman wearing a black dress with lace collar with a blue ribbon tied at the center, 14 7/8 x 10 3/8 in., unframed. Condition: The edges with tears, nail holes and corners with small losses. Note: A note affixed to the reverse reads: "Portrait of Mary Whitney Libby, daughter of Francis Whitney, brother Leonard senior/Given by her daughter Mary Jane Libby, to Mrs. Mary Louisa Josephine Currier/daughter of Abigail Harris Perry, sister of Mary (Whitney) Libby. Given by M.L. Josephine Currier to her niece Minnetta Josephine (Osgood) Whitney Jan. 6th 1921/mother of Harold Osgood Whitney."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-02-20