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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 258523, member: 88&quot;]This portrait was sold Friday night along with a portrait of her mother. According to what was written on the wooden back of the baby&#039;s portrait she was 5 weeks old when she died of whooping cough &amp; her mother was the third wife of the father.</p><p><br /></p><p>The father&#039;s name was familiar to the auctioneer so he called one of his long time buyers to inquire about his family. Turns out the father of the child was his grandfather. He wanted the women&#039;s portrait but did not want the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>A woman who is a textile artist &amp; a regular at the auction was thrilled when the auctioneer told her the man said to give it to her. She let me get a quick photo of the portrait before she whisked it out the door.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having never seen anything larger than a cabinet card with this subject I knew others here would be interested in it also. I am not sure how big the portrait was but the frame measured approximately 20&quot; across by 25&quot; top to bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/956763532_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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