Lot 5128
  • 5128

Attributed to Royall Brewster Smith (1801-1855)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Attributed to Royall Brewster Smith
  • Double Portrait of a Girl in a Red Dress and a Girl in a Blue Dress Holding Hands
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 1/2 by 25 1/2 in.

Condition

Lined, scattered inpainting. The canvas was, at one time, cut approximately down the middle but has been repaired with a 1/8" line of inpainting along the repair. Antique gilt frame: replaced stretcher, 22 1/2 by 29 1/2 inches.
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Catalogue Note

said to be the Gibson Sisters.