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Lot 180
Sale 1278 - The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I
Nov 3, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$3,780
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Henry Dousa (French/American, 1820-after 1892)
Prize Bull Portrait
pastel, graphite and crayon on paper signed and dated From Life by / Henry Dousa / Lafayette, Ind. / 1893 further inscribed Young Hamilton at 3 Yr. / No. 4.9. A.P.G.H.B. / Winner of 1st in Class Sweepstake in Class & Grand Sweepstake at World's Fair Chicago 1893. / Property of J.H. Miller, Mexico, Ind. 1893.
16 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches.
Indiana census records document the residence of a John H. Miller (1853-1924) in Miami County, Indiana as early as 1860. By 1880, Miller owned his own farm in Jefferson, a township of Mexico, and census records from 1910 list Miller as the owner of a stock farm there.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.



