American School, Mid-19th Century Treaty with the Indians

Description:

American School, Mid-19th Century

Treaty with the Indians
Signed and dated "J. Scott/1850" within a cartouche and titled on the reverse.
Oil on board, 9 1/2 x 15 in., in a molded wood frame with ebonized beading and gilt liner.
Condition: Varnished, four or five small areas of retouch.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

retouch to three small areas in upper left in trees, one small area in trees at right, and one area to three native figures.


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