Description:
Italian School, 19th Century
The Levant Capt. H.R. Packard Entering the Habour of Palermo June 27th 1830. Unsigned. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 18 1/4 x 25 1/8 in., in a period mitered mahogany frame Condition: Toning, light stains and foxing, small pinhole c.r. on sail with tape reinforcement on reverse.
Literature: A similar painting by the same unknown artist is illustrated in The Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum, by Marion Vernon Brewington, Dorothy E.R. Brewington (The Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts),p. 377, plate 1468.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Not laid down, the small hole is taped with a cellophane -type tape.
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