19th century, oil on canvas, unsigned, the subject wearing an 1810s empire waist gown with mustard sash, a delicate gold chain drapes her neck and a gold hoop hangs from her ear, she also holds a leather bound book of poetry, a rural landscape is visible behind; presented in a late Victorian textured wooden frame; the lower stretcher having a Frost & Reed of Bristol, Clifton & London label.

SS 26.25 x 21 in.; DOA 31 x 26 in.

From the Estate Collection of Jim & June Nance, Washington, NC

$800 - 1,200