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March 8, 2025: Winter Americana - Day Four

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Lot 3293

MARYLAND AND OTHER AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL FOLK ART THEOREM PAINTINGS, LOT OF SIX

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

MARYLAND AND OTHER AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL FOLK ART THEOREM PAINTINGS, LOT OF SIX, watercolor on paper, including one depicting a floral bouquet in a basket vase being signed and dated in lower right, "J.L.W. Walworth 1843", one featuring overlaid lyre, horn, and book embellished by flowers and leafy branches, and another depicting a bouquet of flowers in a handled baskets including a wooden back panel for a frame having framer's label for Menzies & Seager of attached note that reads, "Painted by Grandma Beall when she was 12 years old. Born Aug 1821 Died Jan 23. 1904. For Mary Beall [Vane?] From cousin Annette J Delaplane". Unframed. 19th century. Walworth example 10" x 14 1/8".
Catalogue Note: "J.L.W. Walworth" is possibly identified as Joanne Lewis Woodruff Walworth, who was born in 1828 in either New Jersey, New York, or Connecticut to parents Thomas Paine Walworth (1793-1850) and Sarah Desozier Johnson (1794-1853). Joanne married Ethel Hopkins Bronson (1826-1854) on September 14, 1850 in St. Louis, MO.
"Grandma Beall" is identified as Mehetable Cornelia Gregory, who was born on August 26, 1820 in Hancock, Maryland to parents Dr. Samuel J. Gregory (1793-1835) and Lavinia Richmond (1798-1867). Mehetable married Josephus Beall (1802-1855) in 1838, and they had at least five children. Annette J. Delaplane (1874-1952) is the child of Mehetable's daughter, Annette Josephine Beall Delaphane (1845-1921). Mehetable died on January 23, 1904, and all three women are buried at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hancock, MD.

Condition

Fair to very good overall condition with light to heavy toning and other imperfections including foxing, tears, losses along edges, fading, etc.

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From the estate of Doris M. Bowman of the city of Alexandria, VA. Ms. Bowman was a textile curator at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Washington, DC.