Antique Oil Portrait of a Girl in a Blue Dress, Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board, Unframed, 24" x 31"

A little girl sits turned to the side and looks straight at you, very serious, with long dark-brown hair falling past her shoulders. Her dress is a pale turquoise blue with pin tucks and small buttons down the front, puffed sleeves edged in lace, a lace collar, a sash tied at the back and a deep ruffled lace hem. Her hands are folded in her lap. The background is a soft smoky green going dark at the edges, the way studio portraits were done. Signed lower right on the hem; the signature is hard to read.

Antique Oil Portrait of a Girl in a Blue Dress, late 19th to early 20th century, oil on canvas mounted on tempered hardboard. 24" x 31", unframed. Grime and darkening across the surface, some fine craquelure, scattered spots and small paint losses, and the canvas is frayed and lifting at the edges and corners where it wraps the board. A few drips and stains on the back of the board. Ready for a frame of your choosing, or a cleaning.

For a stair landing, a library, or above a child's dresser.

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