American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Black and White Dog

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Black and White Dog
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 26 in., in a dark-stained frame and gilt liner.
Condition: Surface grime.

Provenance: Purchased from William Benton, Vergennes, Vermont, for $73.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $800-1,200


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