Lot 298
  • 298

Attributed to Mary Way or Betsy Way Champlain

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Mary Way or Betsy Way Champlain
  • Theodosia Bartow Prevost Burr (Mrs. Aaron Burr)
  • Watercolor, paper, silk net, silk and sequins
  • 3 by 2 1/4 in.
in an eglomise black-painted glass mat and gilded wood frame.

Exhibited

New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Art: From American Collections, March 6 – April 28, 1963;
Traveling Exhibition, The Pulse of the People: New Jersey 1763-1789, Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum; Newark, New Jersey, The New Jersey Historical Society, January 17, 1976 – June 16, 1976. 

Literature

James Biddle, American Art: From American Collections, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963), p. 110, no. 243;
Suzanne Corlette [et al], Pulse of the People: New Jersey 1763-1789, (Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum, 1976), p. 187, cat. no. 311.

Condition

Overall fine condition. Some minor spots of discoloration, but likely associated to the mounting of the fabric layers.
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