American School, Late 19th Century Portrait of the Sidewheeler Alida

Description:

American School, Late 19th Century

Portrait of the Sidewheeler Alida
Unsigned, the vessel sailing right to left, identified on the wheel and on a pennant flying off the stern.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 32 1/2 in., unframed.
Condition: Very minor retouch, areas of craquelure, minor losses, stretcher in need of repair.

Note: A handwritten label on the reverse reads "Hudson River Steamboat Co./162 Perry St. New York."
Estimate $1,500-2,500

a possibly spurious and now illegible signature in the lower right corner has been obliterated.


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