Couple in a Garden

Initialed, dated and numbered (l.r.): W. P. M. / 1839 / No. 100
York County, Pennsylvania
Watercolor, ink and gold paint on paper
8” x 9 7/8”, 10 5/8” x 12 5/8” with frame.
Over-all in excellent condition, uniform toning. Losses to paper lower left. Framed in a period blocked-corner painted and gilt stenciled frame.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Literature: Nineteenth-Century Folk Painting: Out Spirited National Heritage – Works of Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut Foundation, Storrs, 1973, pl. 87.
Exhibited: Storrs, Connecticut, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, and travelling, Nineteenth-Century Folk Painting: Our Spirited National Heritage, 23 April 1973 – 1974.