Sold for:
$593
$593
Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, Henry Williams (1787-1830), Boston, signed l. r., watercolor on ivory, c. 1805, oval portrait depicting the gentleman wearing a dark blue coat with brass buttons, white shirt and stock with jeweled pin, 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in., in a chased gilt-brass frame, the reverse with a small oval aperture with a plait of brown hair. Condition: Small paint loss u.r. and l.r. on portion of signature. The paint loss on signature appears to be from moisture; another paint loss is at the upper right edge of background.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-03-07
