Watercolor Mourning Picture for Mary Ann Brigham

Description:

Watercolor Mourning Picture for Mary Ann Brigham, attributed to Caroline Hill, New Hampshire, 1834, a man and woman dressed in black flanking an urn and monument on a stepped base with printed inscription, willow tree in the background, signed "C. Hill" l.r., in a red-painted frame, (tears),ht. 12 1/2, wd. 16 in. (sight).

Provenance: Judy and Jim Milne, January 1977.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $300-400


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