11-10-201011-11-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 10, 2010 02:00 PMCalender
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American School, 19th/20th Century Lot of Five Portraits, Including Turk and Child

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$1,007$850
Auction: Discovery - 2525MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 10, 2010 2:00PM

Description:

American School, 19th/20th Century

Lot of Five Portraits, Including Turk and Child. Three signed "W. Hunt", three inscribed "...W. Hunt/ 165 S. Elliot Place/ Brooklyn/ N.Y./ Between 1850-1865" on the reverse, watercolor on paper, sheet sizes to 16 x 20 in., all unframed.
Condition: Creases, losses, toning.
Provenance: From the artist to a relative of the first wife of Dr. William H. Roe (1871-1936),Patchogue, Long Island; by descent to his second wife, Alice G. (Robinson) Roe (1894-1970) , married to Dr. Roe in 1935); by family descent.
Estimate $200-300

Turk and child: image size 17 x 14 in.
Boy: sheet size 15 1/2 x 20 in.
Woman: sheet size 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.

Keywords

Turk, American School, William H. Roe, Alice G. (Robinson) Roe, Alice Robinson, Roe