Sold for:
$10,665
$10,665
William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873) Portrait of a Baby Wearing a White Dress. Unsigned. Oil on artist's board, depicting the brown-eyed, brown-haired child holding a bunch of cherries, flanked by swagged and tasseled drapery, 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. in a period grain-painted frame. Condition: Retouch to portion of one arm and bodice of dress. Retouch to approx. 5 x 4 in. angled area on left-facing arm and dress bodice, also several spots on folds of dress, 1/2 in. at the upper left corner, and a small area on the baby's chin.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
