10-27-201310-27-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2680BBoston
October 27, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Framed Watercolor Memorial Picture

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$480$400
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2680BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 27, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Framed Watercolor Memorial Picture, America, c. 1837, watercolor on paper depicting a woman grieving beside an urn-topped monument inscribed "Sacred to the memory of Lucy S. Faber who died, August 7, 1837 in the 25th year of her age," the urn draped with a garland of white roses, all beneath a weeping willow tree with distant church and sea, (toning, foxing, light stains),15 x 16 in., in a grained wood veneer frame.
Estimate $800-1,200


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Keywords

Lucy S. Faber