Sold for:
$20,910
$20,910
William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts, Maine, 1806-1873) Portrait of a Boy in a Red Dress with His Toy Wagon Signed, dated, and inscribed "East Boston Trenton St. 3rd Sep [obscured]/W.M. Prior 1849/$--.00," on the reverse. Oil on canvas, the boy seen full-length in an interior, both hands holding the string to his toy wagon which carries his hammer and basket, a seashell on the ground at his feet, 29 1/2 x 25 1/4 in., in an ogee molded mahogany veneer frame. Condition: Relined, areas and spots of retouch, frame with losses.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-08-15
