Watercolor Mourning Picture

Description:

Watercolor Mourning Picture, attributed to Miss Patten's School, Hartford, Connecticut, early 19th century, illustrating eight men, women, and children flanking a black crepe draped urn on a monument base, with willow and other trees behind, eglomise mat, ht. 17 1/2 x 14 in.

Provenance: Judy and Jim Milne, March 23, 1980.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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