$940
American School, 19th Century Two Miniature Portraits of Women. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, bust-length portraits in an oval, one of a young woman wearing a lace bonnet and a black dress, the other an older woman wearing a lace bonnet and fichu seated before red drapery, sight dia. 2 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Good. A note included in the lot identifies the sitters as Mrs. John Taintor (Sarah Hosford, 1770-1856) and the first wife of John T. Foote.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-11-01