Americana & Folk Art
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Peggy McClard Antiques Americana & Folk Art |
| "Mifs Fanny Turner, aged 2 years, Mar 18, 1852" is from my
collection and she is a real doll. This wonderfully
naïve
watercolor portrait shows Mifs Fanny in front of her house (I love the
skewed perspective) and holding what appears to be a rose. The
artist highlighted Fanny's face, arms, legs, sash and the foreground
with gum arabic which has just a touch of craquelere. The rosewood
veneer frame measures 7 1/4" x 7 1/2" and is held together with four
handmade flat head screws which have left good oxidation in the
surrounding wood. I suppose that the frame may have been cut down
to fit Mifs Fanny, but if so, it was long, long ago. The
inscription is on the back of the card and since the old backboard
broke, I have left the inscription uncovered as you can see in one of
the photos below. (#1484) $1450
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