Watercolor Mourning Picture for Susanna Brown

Description:

Watercolor Mourning Picture for Susanna Brown, probably Berlin, Massachusetts, c. 1820, central urn on a plinth with mourning inscription, flanked by two women in light blue gowns and a willow tree, with pines and a townscape in the background, reproduction eglomise mat with round aperture, image dia. 11 1/2 in.

Provenance: Barbara Pollock, Highland Park, Illinois, at the New York Fall Antique Show, November 18, 1999.

Note: The picture is said to have come from the collection of an antiques dealer living in Berlin, Massachusetts, whose inventory consisted of primarily antiques from the Berlin area.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $400-600

Reproduction eglomise mat, paper toned, areas of surface/pigment loss in grass, base of monument, left woman's dress and sky.


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