American School, Young Girl in Pink Dress with Bird

Property from the Estate of Margaret P. Gregory
American School, 19th century
Young Girl in Pink Dress with Bird

Watercolor on paper
Probably New England
circa 1830
Height 4 3/4 in. by Width 7 3/8 in.

depicting a curly-headed young girl wearing a brightly colored red dress and pantaloons and holding a small yellow and green bird in one hand and a single rose in the other, the figure is posed in a brightly colored landscape flanked by trees on either side, in an ebonized and faux grain-painted wood frame

Condition Report:
Within an ebonized and faux grain-painted wood frame. Very minor crease to lower left near basket of flowers. Minor traces of inpainting near trees at top left and right. The back bearing old paper labels.

Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, Important American Folk Art and Furniture: The Distinguished Collection of the Late Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut, January 27, 1979, sale 4209, lot 95.