Lot Essay
Working in Philadelphia and Reading between 1837 and his death in 1864, Christopher Greiner exhibited at the Artists Fund Society in 1844. (G and W, p.275)
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A young Lady in lavender dress seated in a chair, facing right with brown ringlet hair with flower and holding a letter; together with an old Lady, facing left in a black dress and white lace-edged bonnet with a black ribbon, also attributed to Christopher Greiner
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CHRISTOPHER GREINER (?-1864)
Greiner, Christopher
A young Lady in lavender dress seated in a chair, facing right with brown ringlet hair with flower and holding a letter; together with an old Lady, facing left in a black dress and white lace-edged bonnet with a black ribbon, also attributed to Christopher Greiner
signed l.l. Greiner
watercolor on ivory
2 x 1in. the first; 2 x 1in. the second
the first gilt-metal oval foliate-cut frame, with chased floral decoration and glazed oval on verso; the second gilt-metal oval floral-cut frame, with locket and braided hairpiece in glazed floral-cut oval on verso, the whole in fitted rectangular red leather case with green velvet lining (2)
Greiner, Christopher
A young Lady in lavender dress seated in a chair, facing right with brown ringlet hair with flower and holding a letter; together with an old Lady, facing left in a black dress and white lace-edged bonnet with a black ribbon, also attributed to Christopher Greiner
signed l.l. Greiner
watercolor on ivory
2 x 1in. the first; 2 x 1in. the second
the first gilt-metal oval foliate-cut frame, with chased floral decoration and glazed oval on verso; the second gilt-metal oval floral-cut frame, with locket and braided hairpiece in glazed floral-cut oval on verso, the whole in fitted rectangular red leather case with green velvet lining (2)