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Lot 795
Set of Three 18th Century New York Watercolors
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Each unsigned and manuscript identified in the lower margin,as follows: "On the Manokasic Creek at Bethlehem... New York Dec. 1798," "Millbank Looking Westward...New York Febry 1799" and "Millbank Looking Eastward," n.p., n.d., the paintings presented in conforming gilt over gesso frames.

Largest 18.5 x 22.5 in.

Estate of the late Dorothy Cooke, Wilson, NC

Possibly the work of Scottish-born New York landscape painters Archibald or Alexander Robertson. These brothers were active in the region during the late 18th and early 19th century.

Not examined out of the frames; overall age toning; scattered small stains.

$400 - 600