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Description:
American School, 19th Century
The Gates Homestead, Worcester, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Watercolor and gouache on paper, depicting an intersection of roads, with stone walls, figures, horses and buggies, and farmhouses, 8 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (sight),in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor toning.
Note: An old typed note on the reverse reads: "This watercolor painting was the old homestead of Leonard Gates, Grandfather of Alice Gates Van Dyke and was located at the foot of Pleasant St. hill at Richmond Av."
Estimate $300-500
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