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RUFUS PORTER Miniature Portrait
(Item: SS-01)SIGNED RUFUS PORTER [1792-1884]
signed lower left "R. Por", lower right "Feb."
below portrait "Aged 19 Years"
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lipman, Jean . Rufus Porter Yankee Wall Painter
Lipman, Jean. Rufus Porter Yankee Pioneer
Selectioms from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, Volume II
Rufus Porter Museum.Org. How to Identify Rufus Porter's Miniature Portraits
Child, Deborah M. Thank Goodness For Granny Notes, Antiquesandfineart.com, Summer/Autumn 2010.
Circa: 1830-40
Period: American Fancy
W. 3″ Ht. 4 3/4″
SOLD
W. 3″ Ht. 4 3/4″
SOLD
Antiques and Fine Art, Summer/Autumn 2010
Notice the" R" rocks back and the "P" slants
dark spots not visible to the naked eye
Rufus Porter Museum Website
Artist's signature on mural, Emerson House, Mass.
p.140, Lipman's Yankee Pioneer
Amazing Resemblance
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