Roberta Marigold
(American, 19th century)
Portrait of the Highlander steam ship, 1849
oil on canvas
signed lower right Roberta Marigold, Kingston NY and dated 1849, with typed paper label to reverse HIGHLANDER 1835 Wood 313 Tons, For Powell./Route Between Newburgh and N.Y. city. Sold in/1863 between Hudson and KINGSTON/dismantled at Delaware R. in 1866.
14 x 34 1/2in (35.5 x 87.6cm)

Frame 17.75 x 38.5in. With overall surface grime and dirt, canvas with minor buckling and warping, minor scrapes and scratches scattered throughout, consistent vertical cracks particularly to right half suggest the canvas may have been rolled in the past, no apparent restorations under UV light.