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19TH C. O/C PORTRAIT OF MARGARET HAMMER ALEXANDER.

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19TH C. O/C PORTRAIT OF MARGARET HAMMER ALEXANDER.
19TH C. O/C PORTRAIT OF MARGARET HAMMER ALEXANDER.
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Description
Likely painted by Frances Alexander, with accompanying documentation. Portrait of the wife of John Henry Alexander in period frame with two pairs of eye glasses, bible dating from Mrs. Alexander’s birth with 1836 marriage documentation inside. Including a monogrammed book of Mozart’s sonatas sheet music with John Henry Alexander memoir, correspondence letters, four $500 dollar checks dating from 1825, and $5 bank note from the Bank of Green Castle, with conservator’s signed letter.Image 27.5”H x 22.5”W.Frame 39”H x 34.5”W.
Condition
Both painting and frame have been professionally conserved including cleaning, relining, and in painting. Eye glasses appear in good condition, eye glass case shows age and weathering in the leather. Book of sheet music is in need of book repair. Accompanying documents appear in good condition and still legible.
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19TH C. O/C PORTRAIT OF MARGARET HAMMER ALEXANDER.

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