Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Attributed to William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873)
Portrait of a Young Man with Brown Eyes and Sideburns, c. 1845. Unsigned. Oil on cardboard, 14 x 10 in., in a period grain-painted frame. Condition: Minor spot of retouch to background, minute paint losses, surface grime.
oil on cardboard, approximately 14 x 10 in., in a grain painted frame.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Three small specks of paint are missing from gent's left facing eyebrow two on iris of the same and one on the other iris and small speck in background left of face.