$4,888
American School, early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Mother and Son. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, depicting the woman in a dark brown dress with lace collar and bonnet seated on a mahogany veneer classical sofa, the boy in a blue tunic and white trousers holding a poodle pull-toy standing at her side, 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in., in an eglomise mat and gilt frame. Condition: Minor paint loss to column on the left side. Provenance: Lena Stow of Stow, Massachusetts.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-02-24