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Portrait Miniature of a Child Wearing a Blue Dress,
Clarissa Peters Russell (American, 1809-1854),
watercolor on ivory, c. 1840, depicting a bust-length
oval portrait of the child wearing a light blue dress with
white lace trim on the neckline, a coral necklace, and
holding a bouquet of flowers, 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in., housed
in a period oval molded wood frame. Condition: Paint
losses on flowers and dress.
$600-800
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Portrait Miniature of a Young Woman Wearing
a Blue Dress, attributed to Clarissa Peters Russell
(American, 1809-1854), watercolor on ivory with gilt
accents, c. 1840, depicting a bust-length portrait of the
woman wearing a dark blue dress with white lace trim
on the neckline and wearing gold earrings, brooch,
and watch chain, 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in., housed in a modern
molded frame with velvet and embossed brass liners.
Condition: Very good.
$600-800
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Portrait Miniature on Ivory of a Young Gentleman,
America, c. 1830, watercolor on ivory, bust-length oval
portrait, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., housed in a pendant oval
case. Condition: Paint with minor smudging around
the edges from previous frame.
$400-600
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Two Portrait Miniatures of Gentlemen, America, c.
1830, watercolor on ivory oval bust-length portraits,
one depicting a brown curly-haired gentleman wearing
a white shirt and stock and dark blue jacket against
a green-blue ground, (paint slightly muddled on lower
edge), 2 3/8 x 2 in., housed in a brass frame with oval
aperture on the reverse with a plait of hair; the other
depicting a gentleman holding a book, (crack on right
side, window on reverse cracked), 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.,
housed in a brass pendant and hinged locket with
empty oval window on the reverse.
$200-400
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Framed School Boy Map of “The World From the
Latest Discoveries,” “Charles Lothrop fcripsit AEt’d at
Mr. J. Clark’s School Barnstable August 15th 1797,”
Massachusetts, ink and watercolor on laid paper, 9 1/2
x 14 1/4 in., (toning), in a period molded wood frame.
$700-900
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