Sold for:
$6,518
$6,518
Justus Da Lee (American, 1793-1878) Two Profile Portrait Miniatures of a Young Man and a Boy. Watercolor and pencil on paper, the first of a young man wearing a patterned vest and black jacket above the signed inscription "Taken in May 1839. By J. Da Lee" flanked by two fish, the back lightly inscribed "Amos Jones"; the second of a boy wearing a black jacket seated in a chair above the inscription "Taken in Cabotville, July 26, 1842" (probably southwestern Massachusetts), both portraits painted in blue-edged ovals and black spandrels, 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in., in period molded-giltwood frames.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
