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Framed Reward of Merit with Miniature Portrait of a Woman

Framed Reward of Merit with Miniature Portrait of a Woman
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$2,350$2,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2337Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2006 3:00PM

Description:

Framed Reward of Merit with Miniature Portrait of a Woman, probably America, early 19th century, pen and ink on paper, featuring a small illustration of a woman wearing a fancy hat and carrying a flower sprig, above the inscription "Presented to Achsah Beardsleys, As a token of the praise she Merits for her attention to Studies And good behavior in School: from her teacher. Betsy Bourns," with applied blue and green varnished wallpaper border, (losses, toning),6 x 5 3/4 in., in a period molded wood frame.
Estimate $800-1,200

Keywords

teacher , Betsy Bourns

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