Sold for $8,125

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Lot Description

Attributed to Joseph Whiting Stock (American, 1815-1855)

Portrait of a Young Girl, Possibly Mary Elizabeth Holt
Circa 1840
oil on canvas
bearing a Hirschl & Adler Folk paper label to the reverse
33 x 25 inches.

Provenance:
Hirschl & Adler Folk, New York

Condition Report

Height of frame 38 x width 34 inches.

In overall fine and stable condition. Slight craquelure throughout. Canvas has been relined and affixed to newer stretchers. Small, scattered areas of inpainting visible under UV light throughout, most notably to girl's dress and background, with one spot to wrist and very small, diffuse areas to chin and face.

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