August Americana
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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Godfrey Miller, Sybil KernStephen L. Fletcher
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