Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, inscribed on the verso
This was painted by Fannie Ricks Brodie at some time / before her marriage to Spottswood Blair Burwell, presented in the likely original gilt composition frame. Sold with the painting is a pastel on canvas portrait of Fannie, inscribed to verso
Fannie Ricks Brodie, daughter of Walter Brodie and Ella Ricks, his wife, / was born March 7, 1883 Married Spottswood Blair Burwell, October 7, 1907 / and died February 1, 1955, presented under glass in the likely original frame.
DOA 29.5 x 41.5 in.
Burwell Family, Henderson, NC
Some loss to frame; light surface grime and yellowing varnish; two tears to canvas; portrait with staining.