AMMI PHILLIPS | PORTRAIT OF A SEATED CHILD IN A PINK DRESS WITH A SPANIEL AND CORAL TEETHING RING

AMMI PHILLIPS (1788 - 1865)
PORTRAIT OF A SEATED CHILD IN A PINK DRESS WITH A SPANIEL AND CORAL TEETHING RING

oil on canvas
Columbia County, New York
circa 1835
31 by 25 in.
appears to retain its original stretcher and grain painted frame, canvas not relined.

Condition Report:
original stretcher and frame, canvas not relined.

Very minor retouch: a few scattered, pepper flake size specks on child's upper lip, nose, under lower lip, chest and dress bodice; several small specks around dog's head, and a few small scattered spots to background, a few small spots near l.l. edge and u.r. edge.

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Provenance:
Dorothea and Dean Nelson, Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania;

Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, Important American 18th, 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, June 2, 1983, sale 5055, lot 13;

Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut;

Mr. & Mrs. Andy Williams, La Quinta, California;

Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, American Furniture & Decorative Arts, March 3, 2013, sale 2640B, lot 14.