$4,920
American School, Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Captain Anthony Broome of New York Unsigned, the subject identified on a note affixed to the reverse. Watercolor on ivory, 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in., the subject with forward-swept hair and his arm over the back of the sofa on which he sits, his three-masted vessel on the sea beyond, in a pressed brass frame. Condition: Very minor wear to edges, ivory slightly rippled, traces of gilding to edge of image. Note: According to a note affixed to the reverse, Broome Street in Lower Manhattan is named for the captain's family.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-02-27