Lot 119: 19th C. Portrait of Child

Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000

Oval portrait, child with blue eyes and blonde hair, depicting clouds underneath indicating he has risen to heaven, signed on back of canvas “Painted by P.H. Keeley, 1859″, gilded frame, exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection, purchased on Jan. 1, 1983, 21 1/2″ x 17 1/4” (sight), (ex. Fertig collection).