School of Thomas Sully (Pennsylvania/England, 1783-1872) Portrait of a Mother and Her Child

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School of Thomas Sully (Pennsylvania/England, 1783-1872)

Portrait of a Mother and Her Child
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, the mother wearing a miniature portrait brooch, the child in a red dress, with red drapery and a fountain beyond, 39 1/2 x 33 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame.
Condition: Laid down to a cradled Masonite panel, varnished.

Note: Bears an old mostly illegible scratched inscription "1905" on the back of the frame, next to a Museum of Fine Arts label reading "Mrs. Frederick J. Fawcett/30 Hyde Ave Newton/after Sept 15 1921/reline."
Estimate $1,800-2,200

the painting flouresces a cloudy green throughout.


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