Italian School, 19th Century, Ship Portrait of the 'Bark White Cloud Entering Smyrna Bay 1857."

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Italian School, 19th Century,

Ship Portrait of the 'Bark White Cloud Entering Smyrna Bay 1857." Signed with spurious signature "Rafaele Corsini." Gouache on bristol board, depicting the three-masted ship flying an American flag off the stern and anchored off a Turkish hill town, 17 x 23 in., in an old frame.

Note: Reverse of board reads "this belongs to Lucy Treat."
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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