Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
Anglo-American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Sea Captain. Unsigned, inscribed "J.R. Anderson Wiverton" in pencil on the reverse. Watercolor on paper c. 1845, depicting the gentleman standing with sailing vessels in the distance, 9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in., in a period frame. Condition: Toning, minor foxing.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
about 3 small foxmarks, some of the background surfaces are lightly abraded.