Attributed to Honore Pellegrin (France/United Kingdom/United States, 1793-1869) Ship Genl Cushing of Newburyport Nicholas Varina Maste

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Attributed to Honore Pellegrin (France/United Kingdom/United States, 1793-1869)

Ship Gen'l Cushing of Newburyport Nicholas Varina Master, in the Bay of Marseilles, May 1857. Unsigned, titled below. Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, with a small oval photograph portrait of a gentleman, probably the master of the ship Nicholas Varina, applied u.r., 18 x 24 in., in a later carved and gilded wood frame. Condition: Toning, foxing, light stains.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

The work is executed on an approx 1/8 in. thick paperboard/artist board with a dark blue paper backing, scattered small abrasions.


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