$22,140
American School, Early 19th Century Miniature Portraits of a Man, Woman, and Two Children of the Ellis Family Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in., in painted frames with eglomise mats. Condition: Minor toning to images. Note: A note in pencil on the back of the portrait of the girl indicates the family names as father, Thomas; mother, Bethsheba; daughter, Betsy. Betsy Ellis was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts, August 31, 1796, and died in Turner, Maine, September 28, 1867.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-08-15