*William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts, Maine, 1806-1873) Portrait of Alice Whitman Pickett, Age 2 Years 6 Months

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*William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts, Maine, 1806-1873)

Portrait of Alice Whitman Pickett, Age 2 Years 6 Months, c. 1853
Signed, dated, and inscribed "Alice Whitman Pickett Age 2 Yrs 6 Mos./Wm M Prior 1853" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in., Alice in a bright red dress, depicted full-length holding a miniature walking stick, with her right arm around her black dog, and a book on the floor at front, in the original giltwood frame.
Condition: Unlined, two repairs with associated retouch near the subject's right foot.
Estimate $30,000-50,000


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