$235
American School, 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, depicting a man with curly chin-length black hair, brown eyes, and pencil-thin mustache, and wearing a double-breasted black jacket with brass buttons, dia. 2 1/8 in., in an oval brass easel-back frame. Condition: Crack in the ivory close to the edge. Note: A penciled inscription on a piece of paper in the frame reads "Mr. Br-nd-y Lowell Father's work."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-02-22