03-19-201503-19-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
March 19, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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William W. Kennedy (act. Maryland/Massachusetts, 1817-1871) Portrait of a Woman Wearing a White Ruffled Bonnet.

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$615$500
Auction: Discovery - 2789MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: March 19, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

William W. Kennedy (act. Maryland/Massachusetts, 1817-1871)

Portrait of a Woman Wearing a White Ruffled Bonnet. Signed "W.W. Kennedy ptr." and inscribed "Taken at the age of 82/1846" on verso. Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in., in a period, molded, grain-painted frame with gilt liner. Condition: Scattered paint losses, craquelure.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

Several small scattered paint losses, mainly around the stretcher line, and upper left corner, but a few on women's dress, canvas does not fit snugly over the stretcher,


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