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Lot 162
American School, 19th Century
Sale 993 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
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Mar 10, 2022 5:00AM ET
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Mar 11, 2022 5:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,500 - 2,500
Price Realized
$938
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Lot Description
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of Ysidora Pico Forster
Circa 1840
oil on canvas
32 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches.

Ysidora Pico Forster (1808-1883) united the two prominent Pico/Forster families of Southern California. Her brother, Pio Pico (1801-1894) was the last governor of California under Mexican rule. In 1837, she married Don Juan Forster (1814-1882), a prominent English-born landowner and cattleman during the gold rush of the late 1840s.

Provenance:
by descent within the Forster family;
purchased by the present owner, 2009.
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