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Lot 37
Thomas Morten (1836-1866), The Rejected
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas on board, signed at lower right, retaining several old labels on the verso, presented in the likely original gilt composition frame.

DOA 15 x 13.25 in.

The Estate of William Lee Pritchard, M.D., Charlotte, NC

Morten was a Victorian artist, most recognized for his 1865 illustrations for Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Tragically, he committed suicide at the age of thirty.

Paint flaking to lower right figures; painted gold frame.