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Lot 46
Sale 5092 - The Pennsylvania Sale featuring The Hedgerow Theatre Collection
Oct 28, 2020
10:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$80,000 -
120,000
Price Realized
$106,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Attributed to Jacob Maentel (1778-1863) An Important Family Portrait: Mary Ann and John Michael Kitzmiller and Children, Littlestown, Adams County, PA
Watercolor and ink on paper, showing Mary Ann (1792-1858) and John Michael Kitzmiller (1782-1849) with their children: Eli George (1815-1899), Honoria Elizabeth (1816-1894), Zebulon John (1819-1884) and Louisa Maria Christiana (1833-1922), before a farm and lush landscape. The figure of the youngest child is cut-out and applied. Mary Ann holds a note with the sentimental inscription, "When this you see Remember Me Lest I should be forgotten, When I am dead and under foot and trodden. Mary Ann Kitzmiller, their mother," framed.
18 1/2 in. x 22 in. (sight)