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Style: Primitive
New England Memorial Mourning Watercolor, c.1830
New England Memorial Mourning Watercolor, c.1830

New England Memorial Mourning Watercolor, c.1830

Located in Savannah, GA

A memorial mourning watercolor on paper, New England, circa 1840. sight: 16 ½ by 10 inches frame: 20 ¾ by 14 ¼ inches

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