Sold for:
$3,198
$3,198
Joseph Davis (act. Maine/New Hampshire, 1811-1865) Portrait of Mary Stevens. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, showing Mary facing right holding a book, seated at a paint-decorated table on an ingrain carpet, a memorial to David Stevens on the wall above her, inscribed at the bottom in decorative script "Mary Stevens, Aged 59 Years October 9, 1837.," above a verse and ink flourishes, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in., in a period frame. Condition: Toned, laid down, with repaired losses to edges and corners.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01
