Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2308Location: BostonDate / Time: February 19, 2006 11:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th CenturyResidence of Washington. Indistinctly signed "E.-. Pl-in-" l.r., dated "October 1851" l.l., titled below. Charcoal on sandpaper, depicting Mount Vernon and surrounding garden overlooking the Potomac River with two sailing vessels, 10 x 14 in., in a period mahogany veneered frame. Condition: Very good.
Estimate $400-600
the design is scratched through the charcoal, through to the white paper.