10-28-201210-28-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2618BBoston
October 28, 2012 10:00 AMCalender
214A

Moses B. Russell (Boston, 1809-1884) Sketchbook Containing Portraits of Friends, Scenes, Still Life, and Spiritual Notes.

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$1,440$1,200
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2618BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 28, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Moses B. Russell (Boston, 1809-1884)

Sketchbook Containing Portraits of Friends, Scenes, Still Life, and Spiritual Notes. Signed and dated "Moses B. Russell Artist 7 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass. 1881." inside cover. Pencil and watercolor on paper with thirty six pages filled with portraits of men, women, and children, at rest and at work in scenes of country life, also five depicting flower blossoms, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in., in a hardbound cover.

Condition: Good, one page loose, minor soiling.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

Keywords

Moses B. Russell, Massachusetts, Pemberton Square, B. Russell Artist