Lot 287
  • 287

American School, 19th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • American School, 19th Century
  • Pair of Small Portraits: A Lady in Elaborate Cap and Mutton-Chop Sleeve Dress and Gentleman Seated in a Fancy Chair
  • watercolor, pen, ink and pencil on paper
  • 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 in.
each portrait signed in pencil F. Haspel pinxit, at the bottom, lower left and lower right; each portrait is dated 1832 on the back of the paper. 

Provenance

The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York.

Condition

The bottom black border is folded back to fit the frames. Paper ground has darkened.
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