Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884) Profile Portrait of a Sylvester Norton, of Suffield, Connecticut

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Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884)

Profile Portrait of a Sylvester Norton, of Suffield, Connecticut
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, the subject bust-length, with red-striped waistcoat, 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (sight),in an eglomise and gilt mat and period molded giltwood frame.
Condition: Toning and minor staining to paper, not examined out of frame.

Note: The reverse bears the label of Burr and Smith, "Looking-glass Manufacturers" from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Inscribed in pen, also on the reverse, is a note indicating that the subject of this miniature was born in 1789, and died at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1825.
Estimate $800-1,200


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