Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884) Profile Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman

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Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884)

Profile Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in., in a molded gilt frame with ropetwist decoration.
Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Alleged to have come from the estate of Francis Scott Key; Judy Lenett, Silver Spring Farm, Ridgefield, Connecticut, April 2, 1977.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $800-1,200


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