IMPRESSIVE PAIR MID-19TH C. AMERICAN PORTRAITS

Husband and wife. Apparently unsigned. Sitters unidentified. Man seated at his desk, woman seated before a landscape. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: (Frame) H 43.25" x W 36.25" x D 2.25" (Canvas) H 34" x W 27" Condition: Canvas laid down on cradled panel. Paintings with uneven varnish, old restorations, thin craquelure, and surface losses. Frames with some age wear.
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