The “Eliab Eaton and Lucretia Flint” Family
Birth Record and Memorial

Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, circa 1835. Watercolor and ink on paper in the original grain-painted architectural frame. This exceptional watercolor includes a combination of both a family tree noting the births of Eaton’s twelve children and a memorial probably executed by Sarah B. Eaton. The dynamic grain-painted architectural frame with three inset poems along the bottom section and a beautifully scrolled pediment with an inset oval mirror along the top makes this a unique piece of art. 23¼" x 25¼".

A Pastel Portrait of a Young Red-haired Boy Holding a Whip
American, probably New England; pastel on paper, circa 1840.

This large-scale pastel portrait depicts a young red-haired boy in a black coat holding a whip and standing before a vividly colored green drapery.

Literature: See: By Good Hands: New Hampshire Folk Art by Robert Doty, a catalogue from The Currier Gallery of Art, p. 26, figs. 26 & 27, for a pair of portraits painted by the same artist and attributed to Jacob Bailey Moore of the Prior-Hamblen school. 26½" x 20" s.s., 33 3/8" x 27" framed.

Provenance: Robert Laurent, a noted American artist, teacher, and collector of American folk art.

Maine At Its Very Best

An Exceptional Painted and Decorated Maine Box

Attributed to Salmon Brewster, Curtis Corner, Leeds, Maine, circa 1830. This very graphic box simulates in painted decoration a paneled trunk with nine panels on each face outlined in black and red on a yellow ground, complete with a faux painted bail handle on the lid. 24" wide, 9¼" high, 11½" deep. Maine at its very best in untouched original condition.