American School, 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Man in a Black Jacket

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Miniature Portrait of a Man in a Black Jacket
Unsigned.
Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., in an ornate cast iron frame.
Condition: Crack extending down the right edge.

Provenance: Brad Smith, October 1976.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $600-800


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