American School, Antebellum Portrait of Twin Boys with

American, ca 1830s. Oil on canvas, housed in an ornate gilt frame. A portrait of two twin boys with their dog in an exterior setting, unsigned; 42 x 34.25 in. (sight), 53 x 45 in. (frame).

Provenance: Ex property of Willson family. Descended in the Willson family and hung in their homestead at Brown Pond Farm in Petersham, Massachusetts. Property from a Midwestern Collection of Americana.
Condition Report: The canvas was wax relined. There is some in-painting along the edges. The craquelure is stable. There are cracks to the frame, which is very heavy