Figure 1.--Here we have another naive family painting depicting the four children. There is no provenance associated with the portrait including the name of the artist. It is identified only as 'American school'. We believe that it was probably painted in the 1830s, but the 20s is possible. We do not yet know about the two decades. The early-19th century is obvious. Identifying the decade more difficult.

Here we have another naive family painting depicting the four children. There is no provenance associated with the portrait including the name of the artist. It is identified only as 'American school'. We believe that it was probably painted in the 1830s, but the 20s is possible. We do not yet know about the two decades. The early-19th century is obvious. Identifying the decade more difficult. Thee look to be three girls and an older boy. The younger child looks like a boy, but the center hair parts suggests girls, alhough the younger child' part is not as perfectly centered as the older two who are definitley girls. Naive artists usually get clothing details right, but of do not do a good job of getting ages right. Given the normal age difference between sibling, we would guess the ages would be about 4-13 years old. The girls all wear similar dresses with low necklines and balloon sleeves worn with pantlettes. The boy wears a suit jacket with green double-breaded buttons and yellow vest. Notice the large ruffled collar.

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