August Americana
Description:
William Rickarby Miller (New York, 1818-1893)
The Dead Tree. Signed, dated, inscribed, and titled "W.R. Miller Morrisunia (?) N.Y. July 1855. 'The Dead Tree'" l.l. Watercolor and whiting on paper, showing a landscape with figures in foreground, a stone house, the dead tree, and a dramatic clouded sky, 15 3/4 x 20 in., matted, in a giltwood frame.
Provenance: The estate of Arthur F. Goat, South Pomfret, Vermont.
Estimate $300-500
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