AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

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AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

PORTRAIT OF MRS. JAMES DEERING WITH ALMIRA AND HARRIOT, C. 1805

watercolor on ivory, (vertical crack) 5 x 3¾in.
Provenance
Kelly Estate, Portland, Maine, 1977

Lot Essay

This portrait miniature depicts Almira Isley, the wife of James Deering (lot 90) and mother of Harriot and Almira Deering (lot 89), both of whom are also portrayed here as children.