Attributed to JOHN RITTO PENNIMAN (1782-1841)

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Attributed to JOHN RITTO PENNIMAN (1782-1841)

Portrait of a Family

watercolor on paper--8 x 10 1/4in.

Lot Essay

A signed Penniman portrait of Ann Elizabeth Crehore of Milton, Massachusetts is illustrated in Nina Fletcher Little, Little by Little (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984), p. 154, fig. 205. Please also see Carol Damon Andrews, "John Ritto Penniman, 1782-1841: Ingenious New England Artist," Antiques (July, 1981), pp. 147-170.