Lot 104
  • 104

EDWARD NICHOLS | View of Lakeville, Connecticut and Governor Holly Mansion

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • View of Lakeville, Connecticut and Governor Holly Mansion
  • signed E.W. Nichols. and dated 1856 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 27 inches
  • (45.7 by 69 cm)

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, New York

Condition

The canvas is unlined and there is minor frame abrasion at edges. There are a few pindots of surface accretion in the sky. Under UV: there are two dots and an area of inpainting in the lower right quadrant. The work retains a discolored varnish.
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