August Americana
Description:
Jane A. Davis (Connecticut/Rhode Island, 1821-1855)
Portrait of a Woman with Sheet Music
Inscribed "Taken Aug 4th/1845 By/J.A. Davis." on the back.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.
Condition: Very subtle spotting to l.r. corner.
Provenance: Virginia R. Williams Antiques, Milford, Ohio; Howard Feldman, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, June 25, 1991.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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Keywords
Jane A. Davis, Howard Feldman, Virginia R. Williams Antiques, Sybil Kern, Adler Galleries, Bethlehem, Milford
Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000

Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200

Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
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