
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
JUSTUS DALEE
(1793-1878)
MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK H. WASTE
watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
circa 1840
2 by 1 ½ in.
inscribed Frederick H. Waste / Born Feb. 15 1834 / Nov. 4 1841 on verso and mounted in a gold metal locket frame initialed EPW.
Property from the Estate of Edward Duff Balken;
Sotheby's New York, Important Americana, October 10, 2002, sale 7825, lot 28;
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut.
Illustrated in Suzzane Rudnick Payne and Michael R. Payne, "To Please The Eye: Justus Da Lee and His Family," Antiques and Fine Art, Folk Art, vol. 29, no. 4, (Winter 2004/2005), p. 55.