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Premier Auction - Session II | November 12, 2022

Sat, Nov 12, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 778

Folk Art Portrait with Steam Engine Model

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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(British School, 19th century)

Possibly Robert or George Stephenson, with model of the steam engine "Perseverance", unsigned, with inscriptions on steam engine "Perseverance 1839/ T. Cowburn Engineer", oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; period carved burlwood frame, 39 x 34 in.

Note:

Exhibited: Two Hundred Years of English Naive Art (label verso), n.d.

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

lined, stabilized crackle, scattered retouch; frame with wear

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