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Lot 1180

American School

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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(early 19th century)Portrait of Kimball Kittredge as a Boy, unsigned, oil on canvas, 26 x 22 in.; period carved gilt wood frame, 30-1/2 x 26-1/2 in.Illustrated:˜Chamberlain, Samuel.˜A Stroll Through Historic Salem. New York: Hastings House, 1969.˜Provenance: The Kittredge family, Salem, Massachusetts; Eilzabeth Daniel, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (purchased from Mrs Thomas Kittredge; Mrs. William Smithdeal, Richmond, Virginia; Private Collection, Richmond, VirginiaNote: Illustrated:˜Chamberlain, Samuel.˜A Stroll Through Historic Salem. New York: Hastings House, 1969.˜

Condition

crackle throughout, loose canvas, areas of missing paint at bottom edge under frame,. stretcher marks, areas of re-touch scattered throughout, especially bodice and upper left corner, small puncture bodice lower right; frame with wear commensurate with age, cracks throughout, losses to gilt
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