Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2349Location: BostonDate / Time: February 18, 2007 11:00AM
Description:
Nancy H. Fullerton, (American, early 19th Century)
Portrait of a Man, Woman, Boy and Dog on a Checkered Floor. Signed and dated "Nancy H. Fullerton 1806" in pencil l.l. Watercolor on paper, oval reserve depicting a room with flower painted panels and a checkered floor with a young man wearing a blue coat and yellow breeches seated with pen in hand at a table to the left, a woman in a pink and white gown with a blue ribbon appearing to grasp a club or toy from the boy who holds another in his other hand, with their spaniel jumping alongside in excitement, 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in., in a molded giltwood frame.
Literature: See The Magazine Antiques, October 1979, p. 849, for another example of Nancy Fullerton's work, at Old Sturbridge Village.
Estimate $1,500-2,500