James Sanford Ellsworth (American, 1802/03-1874) Portrait of Mrs. Huldah Wilson Ellsworth

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James Sanford Ellsworth (American, 1802/03-1874)

Portrait of Mrs. Huldah Wilson Ellsworth
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in., in a fruitwood veneer frame.
Condition: Scattered staining.

Provenance: Betty Sterling, Randolph, Vermont, August 27, 1981.

Literature: Lucy B. Mitchell, catalog for the James. S. Ellsworth exhibition, 1974.

Exhibitions: James S. Ellsworth, Portrait Painter, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 13-December 1, 1974.

Note: According to the Kerns, Huldah Wilson Ellsworth was the mother of the artist.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,200-1,800


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