Lot 926

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American School, early 19th c., "Portrait of Selina Watkins Lockett (1788-1864), wife of Samuel Lockett of Mecklenburg, Virginia", oil on canvas, unsigned, 32 1/2 in. x 28 in., in a period gilt wood frame Note: Samuel and Selina Watkins Lockett's daughter Mary Clay Lockett married her cousin Napoleon Lockett (same last name), a prominent lawyer in Marion, Alabama. Mary Clay Lockett was credited with requesting the Alabama artist Nicola Marschall to design the Confederate flag. A portrait of Napoleon Lockett by Nicola Marschall was sold in these rooms on June 5th, 2004, lot no. 450.

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