August Americana
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Girl with Her Doll in a Landscape
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 29 in., in a gilt-gesso Foster Brothers frame, the canvas with a New York maker's stencil.
Condition: Relined, minor retouch.
Estimate $700-900
Areas of retouch on the dress, along the edges at the frame, and within the background.
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Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
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