$3,500
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Auction: November 15, 2017 10:00:00 AM EDT
Initialed, "J.T.," watercolor on ivory, framed.
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. (sight)Provenance: Property of a New York City Lady.
Ex-Collection: E.B. Holden (d. 1906) of New York.
Hand-written note affixed to verso, dated January 19, 1898, reads: "I certify that a miniature on ivory of Benj. Franklin at 83 years of age signed J.T. sold by me this day to Mr. E. B. Holden is the original work of Col. John Trumbull Revolutionary artist, 1756-1843. That the endorsement on back of frame is autographic and I hereby guarantee the same as authentic, Ed. Frossard Numismatist & Archaeologist."
Holden was a well-known collector of American portraiture and engravings of Washington and Franklin.