Joseph Davis (Maine/New Hampshire, 1811-1865) Portrait of Richard B. Foss. Stafford. Aged 17. March 15th 1836

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Joseph Davis (Maine/New Hampshire, 1811-1865)

Portrait of Richard B. Foss. Stafford. Aged 17. March 15th 1836
Unsigned.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., in a red-painted molded frame.
Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Mrs. Louis Fourcher to Charles Fourcher; Barbara Pollock, July 16, 1991.

Literature: Gail and Bert Savage and Esther Sparks, Three New England Watercolor Painters, addendum, 1975.

Exhibitions: A Loan Exhibit of Water Color Portraits by Joseph H. Davis, Itinerant New Hampshire Artist of the 1830s, The Manchester Historical Association, Manchester, New Hampshire, July 8-September 15, 1947.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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