11-05-201111-05-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2567BBoston
November 5, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
509

Honore Pellegrin (French, 1793-1869) Portrait of the Bark Anna Reynolds Leaving Marseilles

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$10,073$8,500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2567BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 05, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Honore Pellegrin (French, 1793-1869)

Portrait of the Bark Anna ReynoldsLeaving Marseilles, 1839. Signed and dated 1839 l.r. Watercolor on paper, 18 1/4 x 26 1/8 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Paper applied to paperboard, toning, scattered foxing, trimmed, lower edge touched up.

Note: The bark Anna Reynolds was built in 1838, in Lewiston, Delaware. She weighed 197 tons. She later became a mining company bark, trading between San Francisco via Cape Horn, Talcahuano, the Sandwich Islands, and other ports.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

The work was trimmed along the edges with the lower edge touched up with black.

Keywords

Anna Reynolds, Lewiston, Delaware, Sandwich Islands