A boy seated waist-length on a chair, facing right in dark blue coat with gilt buttons, white waistcoat and shirt, grey trousers, his right arm leaning on a table and his right hand holding a letter
Details
CHARLES WILLIAM DAY (fl. 1815-1854)
A boy seated waist-length on a chair, facing right in dark blue coat with gilt buttons, white waistcoat and shirt, grey trousers, his right arm leaning on a table and his right hand holding a letter
signed and dated in pencil 'C. W. DAY delt 1824' (lower left) and in ink on the backing paper 'C. W. Day delt. 1824.'
rectangular, 4 1/16 x 2 15/16 in. (103 x 75 mm.), gilt-metal frame with open reverse
A boy seated waist-length on a chair, facing right in dark blue coat with gilt buttons, white waistcoat and shirt, grey trousers, his right arm leaning on a table and his right hand holding a letter
signed and dated in pencil 'C. W. DAY delt 1824' (lower left) and in ink on the backing paper 'C. W. Day delt. 1824.'
rectangular, 4 1/16 x 2 15/16 in. (103 x 75 mm.), gilt-metal frame with open reverse
Provenance
The Collection of Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989), New Orleans.
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 339, pl. 97A.
D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 339, pl. 97A.
D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 339, pl. 97A.
Special notice
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