$3,450
American School, Early 19th Century Mourning Picture. Signed "M.C. Norton Oct. 22d 1828." l.l. Watercolor and ink on paper, depicting a young woman in grief at an urn-topped monument inscribed "in memory of Mr. Noah Norton OB Oct 24th 1814 AE. 39," surrounded by a landscape setting and bordered in black, 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 in., in a period giltwood frame. Condition: Toning, light staining, tear and repair to margin and border, l.c., minor abrasions.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-10-28