Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2985BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 04, 2017 10:00AM
Description:
American School, Mid-19th Century
Forest King of Fairhaven, Oliver E. Briggs, Commander, Leaving Marseilles, March 29th 1866
Unsigned, identified in the legend.
Watercolor and gouache on paper, 18 x 24 1/2 in. (sight),in a molded gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Toned, abrasions, flecks of light discoloration, not examined out of frame.
Estimate $800-1,200
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