American School, 'Mr. Farnum's House, Slatersville,' 1829. Sheet, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.

American School, 'Mr. Farnum's House, Slatersville,' 1829. House portrait with fenced yard, title written at top margin, the lower right corner inscribed '...Farnum's Hotel / taken from Dr Marsh's study / By Riley Phetteplace - a student in the above house by board / In Slatersville R.I.', pasted on a folded ledger page used as scrapbook, retaining illustrated newspaper clippings on reverse. 'Riley Phetteplace' l.r. corner. Watercolor and ink on paper in glazed frame. Sheet, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance A North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Estate. Likely painted by Riley Phetteplace (1806-30), a medical student from Glocester, Rhode Island. The Farnum, later Burke, Hotel occupied a surviving building on the Farnum Turnpike at Wolf Hill Road in Smithfield, Rhode Island. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing