Description:
Miniature Portrait of a Girl with a Doll, probably New England, c. 1830-50, the girl with short wavy blond hair, rosy cheeks, coral necklace, and a turquoise-colored dress holds a white rose in her right hand and a doll in the form of an older woman wearing a brown shawl and blue dress, standing next to a red upholstered stool on a blue/green carpeted, framed in a gilt-gesso frame with brass suspension loop at top, frame ht. 8, wd. 7 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
Frame has wear to the suface gilding and corners, slight losses to the paint on the stool and minor foxing on the paper.
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