$1,638
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
With label inscribed, "Henry L. Pierson and his bride Helen Maria daughter of Isaac Pierson/ Painted by D. (?) Rogers in 1830 - the year of their marriage which was December 1830", watercolor, matted, in brass frames.
3 in. x 2 1/2 in. (sight)Note
Henry Lewis Pierson, son of Jeremiah Halsey Pierson and Sarah Colt Pierson, married his cousin, Helen Maria Pierson, in New York in December 1830. She was the daughter of Isaac Pierson and Helen M. Fort. Together, Henry and Helen had eight children, of whom their youngest son Isaac died at one year of age. Helen died the following year in 1845, and mother and child are buried together in Gates of Praise Cemetery in Ramapo, New York. Henry is also buried there.