• The Laura Davidson Sears Gallery of Fine Art, Elgin Academy
Lot 1119

A Victorian Allegorical Mural Painting, Sewing

Estimate: $600 - $900
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(British or American, 19th century)

No. 5, Putti Spinning, Reading, and Sewing, unsigned, numbered, oil on canvas, 25 x 80 in..; wood frame, 26-3/8 x 81-1/2 x 3 in.

Provenance: The Laura Davidson Sears Gallery of Fine Art, Elgin Academy, Elgin, Illinois

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, yellowed, stretcher marks, crackle, complex tear middle left, lined with wax and linen; frame with abrasions

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The Laura Davidson Sears Gallery of Fine Art, Elgin Academy, Elgin, Illinois