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Description:
Anglo/American School, Mid-19th Century
Portrait of a Brown Bull in a Pasture
Signed and dated "H. Pennestone Oakham/1845" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 30 3/4 in., in a modern frame.
Condition: Relined, retouch.
Literature: Illustrated in Architectural Digest, June 2001, when this collection was featured.
Provenance: The Collection of Alvin and Annie Schlesinger.
Estimate $600-800
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Keywords
Annie SchlesingerStephen L. Fletcher
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Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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