American Art & Antiques

Mary White Bidwell Florida Painting.

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $300

Buyer's premium: 20%

(Connecticut 1827-1903), most likely a view of a Florida forest with a tree draped with Spanish moss, oil on canvas, 12 x 15 inches, signed “M. W. Bidwell” and dated 1884 lower left, unframed, flaking paint, canvas split at top edge of stretcher. Mary Bidwell was a painter, sculptor, and botanical collector from Hartford, Connecticut. She traveled to Florida and the Bahamas in the early 1880’s.