LILLY MARTIN SPENCER (OH/NY, 1822-1902)
"Our Future Americans", circa 1860, oil on canvas, life-sized portraits of a young girl and boy, she is standing with a parrot at her right hand in front of a garden urn, he is seated leaning on his drum, sticks in hand, an American flag in his lap and two faithful dogs alongside, the boy's leg resting on one of them. Housed in a magnificent ornate gilt matched corner frame with tag giving name and title, OS: 72 1/2" x 59", SS: 59 1/2" x 46". Fine condition. Provenance: Exhibited at the National Gallery in 1973.
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"Our Future Americans", circa 1860, oil on canvas, life-sized portraits of a young girl and boy, she is standing with a parrot at her right hand in front of a garden urn, he is seated leaning on his drum, sticks in hand, an American flag in his lap and two faithful dogs alongside, the boy's leg resting on one of them. Housed in a magnificent ornate gilt matched corner frame with tag giving name and title, OS: 72 1/2" x 59", SS: 59 1/2" x 46". Fine condition. Provenance: Exhibited at the National Gallery in 1973.
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