Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2744MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 10, 2014 10:00AM
Description:
Attributed to Clement Drew (Massachusetts, 1806-1889)
Yachting Scene off the Coast. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, showing the yacht in a stiff breeze, with a sandy bluff and red lighthouse beyond, the back of the canvas inscribed "Emily Francis" and with a retailer's stencil, 14 x 20 in., in the likely original molded giltwood and gesso frame. Condition: Good.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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