American Folk Portrait Post Mortem Children and Dog

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Posted by lisasacc

15 years ago

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I bought this painting at an auction 5 or so years ago because I just love the subject, and despite it's age, and lots of cracking in the painting, it has tremendous color. It appears to have been repaired several times also. When I bought, it was sold as attributed to Joshua Johnson. Mid 1800's who painting mourning portraits. There is no signature. I am just putting this out there to see if anyone can tell me anymore about this or give me an appraisal. I know that in that time period they did paint portraits of dead children, I wish I knew who had painted it.

Category Folk Art

Medium Oil on Canva

Distinguishing marks No Signature

Condition Fair

Size and dimensions of this item Painting alone measures 28 3/4 high x 35 1/4

Date Period Pre 1900

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