Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Auction Closed
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 BOY IN BLACK COAT, POSSIBLY PHILIP WINSLOW FESSENDEN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
watercolor on ivory
Boston, Massachusetts
circa 1842
2 ⅝ by 2 ⅛ in.
set in a leather case with detached paper label inscribed Philip Winslow Fessenden Painted by Mrs. Moses Russell.
Jewett-Berdan Antiques, Newcastle, Maine.
Philip Winslow Fessenden (1837-1842) was born in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, known today as the town of Arlington. He was one of eight children born to Philip Bemis Fessenden and Rebecca Tufts and died of scarlet fever just before his fifth birthday.