Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2669MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 11, 2013 10:00AM
Description:
British School, 19th Century
Small Portrait of a Young Lady Wearing a Blue Gown and Holding a Red Book. Unsigned, indistinctly inscribed "Mary W-at- England 1827" on the reverse. Watercolor on paper, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in., in a period black lacquered wood frame with gilt-brass liner. Condition: Light toning and foxing.
Estimate $400-600
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