American School, Early 19th Century Miss Liberty

Description:

American School, Early 19th Century

Miss Liberty
Unsigned.
Watercolor on silk, 18 x 14 in., in gilt-gesso frame with eglomise mat.
Condition: Minor toning and spotting.

Provenance: Samuel Herrup, Sheffield, Massachusetts, October 18, 1997.

Note: The Kerns suggest that this piece may have been painted by a schoolgirl at Abby Wright's school in Hadley, Massachusetts.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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