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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Godfrey Miller (American, Early 19th Century) The Heroine of Virginia

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$3,321$2,700
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Godfrey Miller (American, Early 19th Century)

The Heroine of Virginia
Signed and dated "Finichet Godfrey Miller 1814" l.r.
Watercolor and ink on laid paper, 7 1/2 x 9 in., in a maple frame.
Condition: Short closed tear at lower edge.

Note: Commemorates an incident in early Virginia history when a Mrs. Bowles, the wife of a militiaman, subdued her assailant. The story was reported in the Richmond Enquirer in December 1813.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,500-2,500

There is a 1/2 in. tear repaired with tissue at the lower edge and a 1/2 in. tear at the baby's head also repaired with tissue.


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Keywords

Godfrey Miller, Sybil Kern