JOAN R. BROWNSTEIN ART Sk ANTIQUES
A rare intact family group of six water color on paper portraits from the Wright-Gleason family of Concord, MA. Contained within painted ovals are a young mother and five of her children. The images are still vividly colored and show the sitters holding fruit,flowers, toys, and pets. Two of the children are seated in yellow bow back windsor arm chairs, and a third is seated in a similar red chair. One child, who holds a bow and arrow and also a ball for his dog, is portrayed outside in a landscape scene that includes a house with a white picket fence. The portraits show great charm and naivete and a highly decorative aspect, based on their simplified drawing technique, beautiful coloration, and highly detailed settings. The family in which these pictures descended were once the owners of the Wright Tavern, a meeting place of the Minutemen. Painted circa 1810-1815. In frames in the style of the period.
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