$3,690
American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Tedesco off a Bluff with Lighthouse. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the vessel identified on a pennant and at the bow, flying an American flag off the stern, 17 x 24 in., in a molded giltwood and gesso frame. Condition: Relined, retouch mostly to sky. Note: The Boston-bound Tedesco went ashore off Swampscott in January 1857, after sailing from Cadiz, Spain.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-08-08