Estimate: $800 - $1,200
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Matted and framed, with old label verso inscribed, "For Mrs. C.C. Harrison/ Miss Elizabeth Nixon/ Cut by W. H. Brown at Kane Pa. Aug 1877...."
12 in. x 8 1/4 in. (sight), 20 3/4 in. x 17 1/4 in. (overall)Provenance
Elizabeth Nixon (1809-1890) was the daughter of Henry Nixon (1776-1840) and Maria Morris Nixon (1779-1852), thence by descent to her niece, Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison (Ellen Nixon Waln 1844-1929); thence by descent to George Leib Harrison Jr. (1872-1955) ; thence by descent to Dorothy Harrison Therman (1917-2008):thence by descent to Susan and David Talbot.