Oil on panel, circa 1800, unsigned, presented in an antique gilt composition frame.

Panel 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 9 x 10 1/4 in.

From the Personal Collection of Mr. William Ivey Long, Seaboard, North Carolina and New York, New York

The two young women are gaily attired in fashionable Empire waisted muslin gowns with ribbon trimmed bonnets and coral necklaces. The older man wears a careworn expression and a jaunty red waistcoat.

Over-cleaned; warp to panel; loss to frame.