MASSACHUSETTS SILK NEEDLEWORK MOURNING PICTURE, SARGENT
two woman grieving at grave of two children; inscription on monument:
Sacred to the Memory of / EBENEZER SARGENT / Born July 17th 1789. Obt. Nov 10th 1790 / EBENEZER SARGENT / Born Jan 21st 1793. Obt. Aug 12th 1793; gilt lettering on black reverse painted mat EXECUTED BY MARY SARGENT. 1806; oval needlework 15.5 by 12 in; original gilt frame 21.5 by17.5 in. Original retailer's label on reverse.
Prov.: By descent in the maker's family to Frances Ellen Moody Dole, the maker's granddaughter; then in 1922 to Ellen Dole's friend Alice Choate (Perkins) Leach, the grandmother of the consignor.
Collection of G.W. Samaha
Glass cracked upper left.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $1,800 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 97 : MASSACHUSETTS SILK NEEDLEWORK MOURNING PICTURE, SARGENT
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