American School, 19th Century Portrait of Samuel Gilbert, Jr.

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Portrait of Samuel Gilbert, Jr.
Unsigned.
Oil on ivory, 3 7/8 x 3 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Small scratch at lower edge of image.

Note: Includes three albumen photographs of Samuel Gilbert and relatives, a "Gilbert & Sons" advertising card, and two bound "Record of the Gilbert Family" booklets by Frances G. Whiston, 1918.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

Small scratch at bottom edge of image, minor abrasions at edges.


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