$13,035
Izannah Walker Painted Cloth Child, Rhode Island, c. 1860, oil painted stockinette head and shoulders, hand painted features including brown eyes, brown painted hair with center part, seven back corkscrew curls and finely brush stroked wisps of hair above applied ears, pierced nostrils, pink cheek blush and painted closed mouth, muslin body with oil painted limbs, blue painted boots, wearing an early cream cotton off-the-shoulder dress with lightweight cotton under-blouse, ht. 18 in., (good to very good, paint loss at seam lines around top of head, some crazing and loss to face). good to very good, paint loss at seam lines around top of head, some crazing and loss to face
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-10-10