Lot 486: American School Portrait of a Girl in Tartan Sash, 19th c.

American School, 19th century oil on canvas portrait depicting a little girl wearing a white dress and tartan sash with pink ribbon in her dark hair, seated and resting her elbow on a tasseled chair, c. 1875. Possible obscured signature lower left. Housed in the original Victorian frame with oval aperture and pebble textured spandrels. Sight: 35" H x 28" W. Frame: 45" H x 38" W.

PROVENANCE: Private Nashville collection.

CONDITION: 2" box shaped tear with paint loss lower left of painting in the area of subject's knee/chair seat (poorly repaired with a patch en verso). 1/2" puncture, lower left, with black pen marks across it. Widespread, overzealous cleaning to background area and part of subject's forehead. Original frame, regilt, with some losses and replaced spots.