Warren Nixon (Framingham, Massachusetts, 1816) To Herman's cave, thy feeble steps His fostering arm shall lead...

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Warren Nixon (Framingham, Massachusetts, 1816)

To Herman's cave, thy feeble steps His fostering arm shall lead...
Signed "By Warren Nixon" l.l., titled l.r. and l.l.
Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 1/2 in., in a gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Minor spotting and staining, a few closed or repaired tears, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: The Old Parsonage Antiques, Hopkinton, New Hampshire, April 13, 1980.

Literature: Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "Joseph Stone and Warren Nixon of Framingham, Massachusetts," The Magazine Antiques, September 1983, pp. 514-18.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $400-600


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