AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century). PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A PLUMED TURBAN, A MEMBER OF THE TALBOT FAMILY, oil on canvas - Unframed, 25 in. x 20 in. Estimate $800-1,200
PROVENANCE: Elizabeth Jane Oswald, by descent. Family history relates that Edmund Winne (1832-1908) of Albany, NY, married Mary Frances Talbot (1839-1913) of Richmond, Virginia, in 1857.
To be sold to benefit the Audubon Naturalist Society
Lined, pulling away from mount along right side and especially upper right corner. Losses to canvas in upper right corner, also near all corners. 2 in. tear near upper right corner, Surface scratches near left side, horizontal scratches through her hair and hat and vertical scratch in her neck. 3 in apparent repaired tear with losses through left proper eyebrow and above her left eye. Fine craquelure. UV: Heavy varnish makes detection difficult, but apparent areas of inpainting in background, on left side of hat, and possibly in face and neck.
