$6,000
Attributed to Mary Way (New London and New York, 1769-1833) Dressed Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper and fabric, mounted onto black velvet, in a round hinged glass pendant case, the reverse window containing a lock of hair, dia. 2 in. Condition: Smudge to paint on top of man's head, crack to glass panel on reverse. Literature: William Lamson Warren, "Mary Way's Dressed Miniatures," The Magazine Antiques, (October 1992), pp. 540-49.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28