Lot Details
Lot 3040
Manner of Royall Brewster Smith 19th Century PORTRAIT OF A SOUTHERN LADY, PURPORTEDLY CAROLINE MATILDA CARTER OF KENTUCKY
19th Century
PORTRAIT OF A SOUTHERN LADY, PURPORTEDLY CAROLINE MATILDA CARTER OF KENTUCKY
Inscribed on an old label affixed to the stretcher Caroline Matilda Carter/B.21 Jan 1798 Amherst Co., Va./11.22 1814 to...Lancaster/...Jan.1852 /Taylorsville, Ky./Mother of Mrs. ...Griswold/Great great grandmother of/Peter H. Smith
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 3/4 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Unsold
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Dirty varnish. Frame rubbing. Scattered craquelure, resulting in old scattered paint flakes - mainly in the background. Visible stretcher marks. Scattered inpainting along the frame rubbing, but mainly over the spots where the paint has flaked off - in the background mainly and some in her dress. I did not detect restoration in her face or neck under UV light.
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