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Original Parlor Sketch 1856 Well Dressed #1780858

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Original Parlor Sketch 1856 Well Dressed #1780858
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Original signed parlor sketch illustrating early Americana 1856 done by very talented sketch artist</em></td>
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Original sketch found in Estate Sale in Northeast US. Paper superimposed on oval cardboard background frame. Sketch is done probably in pen of a fine gentleman. It is a parlor sketch and was very well done. The strokes are finely done, the detail is excellent around the face, eyes, nose, mouth, hair. The collar and neckpeice has white paint which has kept its color while the rest of the paper has darkened through the years. It was well kept and covered with a thin wax paper. The sketch is signed in the lower left corner and it is not easy to make out the name. The date is clear at 1856. I took it to an art appraiser who had a fine library of early American artists and he was unable to match the name. It could have been done by a traveling parlor artist in early America or it could have been brought from another country.
The sketch was appraised at over $250.00 and the appraiser felt the artist was particularly talented in sketchwork. I have tried to get several closeups of the work. There is a fine wrinkle in the paper across the bridge of the nose and a slight bulge in the paper to the gentleman's right side of the nose. This is hard to see in my photographs, but it is a natural aging of the media and not from any damage to the sketch. This is a fine peice of work illustrating the artistry of the 1800's and a wonderful addition to an art collection.
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1856</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Sketch Artist</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:20</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:16</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Original Parlor Sketch 1856 Well Dressed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Mixed Media</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Paper, pen, paint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Sketch paper with pen and paint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Berea, KY</td></tr>
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