Elihu Vedder (American 1836-1923), "Portrait of a Roman Girl", 1878, oil on canvas, Pre-Raphaelite shoulder length portrait depicting a red haired beauty wearing a three strand pearl necklace, signed, placed, and dated at upper right with Frost & Adams label, faint graphite inscription and paper stickers en verso, in giltwood and gesso frame.

Provenance: Previously offered at The Potomack Company, Alexandra, VA, June 11, 2011, lot 12.

Canvas approx. sq.9.125" ; Overall h. 14.5", w. 14.75", d. 3".

Canvas has been lined, some scratches to surface, scattered inpainting, canvas rubbed with losses upper margin and upper right, varnish has darkened with a hazy green layer visible under ultraviolet light, paint surface is stable, cracks, loss, and