LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor, pen, and ink on paper

Measurements:

8.75 in. (22.23 cm.) (height) by 6.75 in. (17.15 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Initialled I.L. Aet 31, by JRP, July 16th 1835.; Bears Nina Fletcher Little's jelly label on the back.

Literature:

Carol Damon Andrews, "John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841), An Ingenious New England Artist." Antiques (July 1981), p. 147-170, fig. 15.

Provenance:

The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, a sale at Sotheby's, sale 6612, lot 1001, October 22, 1994.; Childs Gallery, Boston; The Collection of Edgar William Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, sale 3981, lot 571, January 29, 1977