a-pastel-portrait-of-three-siblings-circa-1840
Lot 416
A Pastel Portrait of Three Siblings, circa 1840
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Pastel on paper, unsigned, presented under glass in a period bird's eye maple frame.

DOA 15 x 12 5/8 in.

Elliot Family
Quaker Farms Antiques, Cary, NC
Collection of Hugh Sanford Larew, Mocksville, NC
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC (July 21, 2001)
Private Collection, VA

Purportedly, the children in this portrait are those of Dr. Albert Torrence Powe of Salisbury, NC and Cheraw, SC.

Toning and acid burn to paper; insect damage to top of frame; not examined out of the frame.

$500 - 1,000