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THBJAMES SANFORD ELLSWORTH (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1802-1874), Miniature profile portrait of Mrs. Elvira Warriner dressed in blue and holding a pink
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- Lot Description
JAMES SANFORD ELLSWORTH
Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1802-1874
Miniature profile portrait of Mrs. Elvira Warriner dressed in blue and holding a pink rose. Signed "Ellsworth Painter". Housed in a mahogany veneer frame.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 2.5" x 3.5" sight. Framed 4.5" x 3.5".
Provenance:
The Collection of Martha Hamilton.
Reference:
"The Paintings of James Sanford Ellsworth, Itinerant Folk Artist, 1802-1873: Catalog of an Exhibition Presented by the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 13-December 1, 1974". This work was possibly part of that exhibit.
Notes:
James Sanford Ellsworth was an itinerant artist, believed to be self-taught, who typically painted Connecticut and Massachusetts farmers and their wives. Almost all his known miniatures feature distinct characteristics: the subjects are in profile, seated in similar early Victorian salon armchairs, and their faces (and sometimes their torsos) are framed within wispy clouds. The clouds give the appearance they are floating in air, but probably alludes to their status as faithful Christians, buoyed by God's protection.
Ellsworth is also believed to have also worked in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky and Missouri in the 1860s.Condition
Very slight toning to the edges, otherwise no obvious damages. Not examined out of frame.
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