Jane A. Davis (Connecticut/Rhode Island, 1821-1855) Portrait of Joseph Wanton Gardiner, Born May 31, 1836

Description:

Jane A. Davis (Connecticut/Rhode Island, 1821-1855)

Portrait of Joseph Wanton Gardiner, Born May 31, 1836
Inscribed "Taken Feb. 5 1841 Aged 4 Yrs. 9 mo. By J.A. Davis" at the bottom, identified in the composition.
Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper, 7 3/4 x 6 in., in a red-painted frame.
Condition: Minor toning.

Provenance: Skinner, October 27, 1996, Lot 19; David Wheatcroft, Westborough, Massachusetts, July 27, 1998.

Literature: Arthur and Sybil Kern, "Was J.A. Davis Jane Anthony Davis? New Supporting Evidence," Folk Art, Summer 1999, pp. 27-31; Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "Genealogical and Historical Research: On the Importance of Genealogical Methodology in Researching Early New England Folk Portraitists," in The Art of the Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001); and Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "The Key to Identifying New England Folk Portraitists," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, April 5, 2002, pp. 41-42.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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