Description:
James Heard (British, 19th Century)
Portrait of a British Schooner
Signed "J. Heard/1858" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in a gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Relined, scattered retouch in sky, water and sails, minor lifting mostly to lower right quadrant.
Provenance: The Collection of Robert Dowd, Esquire, of Nantucket, Massachusetts, sold at Richard A. Bourne, August 7, 1984, Lot 29.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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