Sold for $381

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Lot Description

Attributed to Jacob Bailey Moore (Canadian, active New Hampshire, 1815-1893)

Pair of Portraits: Husband and Wife
watercolor and graphite on paper
unsigned
5 1/4 x 4 inches.

Jacob Bailey Moore is traditionally identified as a member of the Prior-Hamblen School of early nineteenth-century portrait artists. For a discussion of their association, please see Nina Fletcher Little, "William Matthew Prior and Some of His Contemporaries," Maine Antique Digest, April 1976, and David Krashes, "Understanding the Prior-Hamblin School of Artists a Little Better," Maine Antique Digest, July 2011.

Condition Report

Framed: 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches.

In overall good and stable condition. Each hinged to mat, with light toning to ground and few scattered spots throughout. Lady's portrait with adhesive residue to verso.

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