Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2349Location: BostonDate / Time: February 18, 2007 11:00AM
Description:
Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, "Painted by R. Parsons Smith London-1837," artist identified on backing card, watercolor on ivory, depicting a half-length portrait of the man facing right seated in a chair and holding a book, 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in., housed in a mahogany leather case. Condition: Small paint loss u.l., case separated at hinge.
Estimate $600-800