January Online Auction (Sale #326)
Lot 197:
1814 Watercolor on Silk Momento Mori
Having a depiction of a female mourner at a tomb beneath a weeping willow, amid a landscape having a church and houses within an oval panel having applied ribbon outline and watercolor drapery swag above and below, applied paper elements having ink inscriptions to tomb (of Hugh Hughes) and below oval, the later reading ‘To Mrs. Laura Hughes, a Memento of Friendship and Sympathy from B. M. Bostwick / D.1814’, behind reverse painted and gilt glass in a gold-tone lacquered wood frame
Property from: a Private Collector, Chicago (Streeterville), Illinois
Height: 21 inches, Width: 19 inches (sight)
Frame Size: 27 3/4 inches by 25 3/4 inches
Condition: occasional light foxing in margins, paper below image having a short tear and loss lower left, frame having moderate wear including chips and scrapes to finish
Disclaimers: not examined out of the frame
Category: Decorative Arts > Decorative Arts
Estimated Sale Time: 12:45 pm CST
Shipping Status:
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Last modified: January 9, 2025, 12:09 pm
occasional light foxing in margins, paper below image having a short tear and loss lower left, frame having moderate wear including chips and scrapes to finish
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