19TH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS FOLK ART PAINTING OF YOUNG CHILD SEATED IN HIGHBACK CRADLE IN A WHITE DRESS AND BLUE SOCKS HOLDING THREAD SPOOLS W/ BALL AT HIS FEET - PORTRAIT OF CHILD ATTRIBUTED TO SELAH OR ADOLPHUS VAN SICKLE, PROBABLY MICHIGAN, 1860-1870. EX AUSTIN MILLER, WHO PURCHASED FROM AN OLD SUNBURY OHIO COLLECTION, PURPORTEDLY FROM HOUSE WHERE VAN SICKLE FAMILY LIVED (AND AT THAT TIME, HAD AN OLD NOTE ON BACK READING "ARTIST-VAN SICKLE"). SELAH (1812-1880) CAME FROM WEST OF NEW YOUR AS A CHILD. HE MARRIED MARY DUNHAM(1832-1864) NEAR SUNBURY, DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO IN 1834, AND NEXT YEAR THEIR FIRST CHILD ADOLPHUS (1835-1905) WAS BORN. UNFRAMED AND UNSIGNED - 42" X 30 1/4" - SEVERAL SMALL PIN HOLES, REPAIRS, CRAQUELURE, SMALL EDGE LOSSES TO PAINT AND IMPERFECTIONS