Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2579BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 14, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
British School, 19th Century
Portrait of Mrs. Willott in a White Stole
Unsigned, identified on a presentation plaque and in an inscription on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in. (91.7 x 71.4 cm),in a period frame.
Condition: Scattered abrasions and retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Inscriptionon the reverse reads,"Mrs. Willott/a friend of the late Mr. Walter Evans." The presentation plaque reads, "Mrs. Willott, a friend of the Evans Family, died c. 1838, aged 89."