Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873)
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Riding Whip. Unsigned. Oil on artist board, 14 x 10 in., c. 1848, in a period red-painted mitered wood frame. Condition: Minor paint losses.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
About 8 very small flecks of paint losses two on u.r. drapery. The rest on the right side of his jacket.