AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
ATTRIBUTED TO RUFUS PORTER (American, 1792-1884) PAIR OF MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAITS OF A MAN & WOMAN. Unsigned, Circa 1820. Watercolor on paper. Each showing an oval side view. The woman in a bust length right facing profile. She is wearing a light blue dress with a lace ruffle at the neck, beaded gold necklace & tortoise shell comb in her up swept hair. The man in a bust length left facing profile. He is wearing a deep blue coat with white shirt & bot tie. Housed in their original gilt wood frames (1 eglomise glass missing).
NOTE: According to the Rufus Porter Museum, these have the characteristic features of the "heart" shaped interior bottom of ear, as well as the grey interior. Also typical football vertical eyeballs & a vertical slash for pupils. SIZE: Sight: 3-1/4" x 2". Overall: 6" x 5". PROVENANCE: From a fine Western Massachusetts home. CONDITION: Light toning, examined out of frame. The oval mats & images glued to light cardboard. One glass for frame replaced without eglomise decoration. 48552-2 (3,000-5,000) WAG0