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Description:
American School, 19th Century
Profile Portrait of Mrs. Porter
Unsigned, inscribed "Mrs. T. Porter" on the back of the frame.
Watercolor on paper, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in., in a black-painted frame with gilt liner.
Condition: Minor toning and spotting.
Provenance: LaVerne Yakel, Bridgeport, Connecticut, February 23, 1980.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $100-150
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Sybil Kern, Porter, BridgeportStephen L. Fletcher
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