Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh

Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1020. ATTRIBUTED TO MRS. MOSES B. RUSSELL (CLARISSA PETERS) | MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN A RED DRESS.

ATTRIBUTED TO MRS. MOSES B. RUSSELL (CLARISSA PETERS) | MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN A RED DRESS

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January 25, 06:44 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 4,000 USD

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ATTRIBUTED TO MRS. MOSES B. RUSSELL (CLARISSA PETERS)

(1809-1854)

MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN A RED DRESS


watercolor on ivory

Boston, Massachusetts

circa 1840

2 ⅜ by 1 ⅞ in.

likely painted posthumously; set in a mourning locket with a lock of braided hair verso.

Paula Cartoun, West Redding, Connecticut;

Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut.