Lot 569
  • 569

Rare Watercolor on Velvet Mounring Picture: In Memory of Mrs. Susan Kendall, Almira Brown, Mrs. Saunders & Miss Beach's Academy Dorchester, Massachusetts, circa 1803

Estimate
700 - 900 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Height 20 in. by width 14 1/2 in.
Worked in watercolor, pen and ink on velvet; inscribed in the glass, Painted by Almira Brown at Mrs. Saunders & Miss Beach's Academy, Dorchester.  Stain and discoloration.  In the original black glass mat and frame.

Condition

Stain and discoloration; backed with a piece of newspaper dated Friday morning, July 4, 1834.
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