$705
American School, 19th Century Two Miniature Portraits. Unsigned. Circa 1825. Watercolor on ivory, bust length portraits, one depicting a woman with black hair wearing a white lace bonnet and ruff, black dress, and red shawl , the man with white shirt and cravat, black coat, seated on a red upholstered chair, sight sizes 2 5/8 x 2, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in black painted wood frame with brass inner frame. Condition: Good. Note: Labels affixed to the reverse read: "Belonged to Martha Gregory Watriss. ? Whiting ancestor ?"; In possession of Martha G. Whtriss," and "Fron likeness should say Whiting or Gregory forebears."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-08-10