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Lot 54
Sale 916 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-410
Sep 30, 2021
6:00AM ET
Lots 411-816
Oct 1, 2021
6:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
800
Price Realized
$1,625
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Lot Description
American School, 19th Century
Miniature Portrait of a French Military Officer, Frankfurt,(sic) Kentucky, 1820
watercolor on paper
signed Favre pnxt, lower right and further inscribed in French on the reverse, "Made in the city of Frankfort, KY in the United States of America, April 1, 1820 by a man named Favre Captain in the 4th French Hussars who was never willing to swear loyalty to Louis 18th."
Sight 3 1/2 x 3 inches.
Frame 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches.
watercolor on paper
signed Favre pnxt, lower right and further inscribed in French on the reverse, "Made in the city of Frankfort, KY in the United States of America, April 1, 1820 by a man named Favre Captain in the 4th French Hussars who was never willing to swear loyalty to Louis 18th."
Sight 3 1/2 x 3 inches.
Frame 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky