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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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James Sanford Ellsworth (American, 1802/03-1874) Portrait of Lucinda Wilson Bushnell

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$9,840$8,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

James Sanford Ellsworth (American, 1802/03-1874)

Portrait of Lucinda Wilson Bushnell
Unsigned, inscribed on reverse of paper "L.W. Lucinda Bushnell d. March 23, 1861 age 86."
Watercolor on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in., in a gilt molded frame.
Condition: Very minor toning.

Provenance: Betty Sterling, Randolph, Vermont, August 27, 1981.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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Keywords

James Sanford Ellsworth, Lucinda Wilson Bushnell, W. Lucinda Bushnell, Sybil Kern, Betty Sterling, Randolph