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 1021. ATTRIBUTED TO MRS. MOSES B. RUSSELL (CLARISSA PETERS) | MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A BOY IN BLACK COAT, POSSIBLY PHILIP WINSLOW FESSENDEN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTRIBUTED TO MRS. MOSES B. RUSSELL (CLARISSA PETERS) | MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A BOY IN BLACK COAT, POSSIBLY PHILIP WINSLOW FESSENDEN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

Auction Closed

January 25, 06:44 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 4,000 USD

Lot Details

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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.