Memorial Portrait of a Young Mother and Daughter, Circa 1830.  Strong Attribution to C.R. Parker.  Beautifully rendered by a skilled artist.  One of Parker's favorite themes was to depict deceased children in their mothers' arms.  The memorial broach on the child and the memorial scene in the background relate to the death of the child.  Parker often depicted the children in this exact pose.  Oil on canvas mounted on an aluminum sheet during restoration.  In the original gold leaf frame.   Framed size:  34 ½" x 19 ¼". 

Price:  $4,000                                                                                        KR-24-14

C.R. Parker:  19^th C. itinerant portrait and historical painter who traveled through the South.  In 1826, Parker's portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, and Franklin were unveiled in the state legislative hall in New Orleans.  He is next known to be in London in 1828, where he met and painted a portrait of John James Audubon (exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1829, now in private collection).  Parker and Audubon then traveled together to Paris and Versailles.  By 1932, Parker was back in New Orleans announcing that he had "lately returned from Europe".  He worked in New Orleans; Columbus, GA; Natchez, MS; Mobile, Montgomery, and Huntsville, AL; and Charleston, SC.  (excerpted from Who Was Who in American Art).