American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Young Boy Wearing a Blue Bow Tie.

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Young Boy Wearing a Blue Bow Tie. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Stable craquelure, otherwise good.

Provenance: This portrait came from the attic of the Peabody family in Lewiston, Maine, and was purchased in the 1940s from a woman who was a direct descendant of the Peabodys living in Methuen, Massachusetts.
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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