Sold for:
$1,185
$1,185
American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Young Woman. Unsigned, the woman reportedly Ruth Roulstone, wife of John Gray and mother of John Greenleaf Gray, according to labels affixed to the frame and an indistinct pencil inscription on the stretcher reading "Portrait of Mrs. Ruth Gray---- the 18 day of July 1801 at H----." Oil on canvas, 28 x 23 3/4 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, retouch. Numeous small spots of retouch to subject anf background, professionally done, cleaned and varnished.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04
