Micah Williams (1782 - 1837)

Lady in a Blue Dress, Possibly of New Brunswick, New Jersey

No reserve

No Reserves

Auction is live

Lot closed

Estimate

6,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Sold

7,800 USD

Lot Details

Description

pastel on paper

circa 1821

24 in. by 21 in.

retaining its original white pine strainer, the work backed by New Brunswick, New Jersey newspaper dated 1821

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Mary Allis, Newtonville, Massachusetts;

Hirschl & Adler Folk, New York.

Mrs. Irwin Cortelyou, "Micah Williams," Magazine Antiques, November 1960, p. 461;

Magazine Antiques, November 1969, p. 762, illustrated in Mary Allis' house;

Remi Spriggs, “Living with antiques: An Americana collection in New Jersey,” Magazine Antiques (April 2005), 94-105;

Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), p. 242, fig. 413.