Lot 43: Portrait of Millicent Milbank

Estimate: $2,000 – $4,000

Oil on canvas, label on back “Millicent was reputedly born a Borden, sister of Gail Borden, founder of the Borden Company, painted when she was approximately 75, holding her great grandson Horace Wall of New York”, exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, purchased Jan. 30, 1989 at Sotheby’s sale 1189, lot 20, “From Property of Virginia B. Boardman, Fairfield, Connecticut, 18?7 by Lysander Thompson NY” on back panel (possibly artist), reframed and cleaned, 36″ x 29″, (ex. Fertig collection).