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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Mar 26, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 781

Charles Burton Miniature Portrait

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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(American/Virginia/West Virginia, 1782-?)

Profile Portrait of "Old Colonel Walker", inscribed label verso " M Joseph Alexander/Fredricksburg, Va...", watercolor and pencil on paper, laid on artist board, 11 x 8-1/2 in.; period molded and gilded frame, 14 x 11-3/4 in.

Note: Family history tells us that this is a portrait of "Old Colonel Walker." It comes from a family near Wythville, Virginia. This work was appraised on the "Antiques Roadshow"

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Condition

toned board, excellent color, small areas of loss at edges, scratch in landscape just in front of nose; frame is likely original, with some losses and wear, separating at corners

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