Lot 336
  • 336

William Matthew Prior (1806-1873)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • William Matthew Prior (1806-1873)
  • Portrait of a Child in a Red holding a Silver Bell
  • oil on canvas
  • 23 1/2 by 19 1/2 inches
  • Painted circa 1830

Provenance

Thomas Wells Durant and Adelaide Hutton Durant, New York.

Condition

Canvas backed with cardboard. Scattered in-paint throughout. Not glued. Glaze- varnish shrunk and beaded up. Should be celaned lightly, relax canvas and revarnish.
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