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Thomas W. Wood painting could be worth $1.5M |
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| Written by Associated Press |
| Monday, 08 March 2010 13:02 |
 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Experts say a 19th century painting that once hung on a wall in a committee room of the Vermont Statehouse could be worth $1.5 million.
The painting called The Quack Doctor shows a traveling patent medicine salesman stopped with his wagon on Montpelier's State Street. Only a line of ducks beneath the wagon and the child who notices them seem to be in on what he is up to. The painting was done by Montpelier painter Thomas Waterman Wood. It is owned by the T.W. Wood Gallery, which loaned it to the statehouse. The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus says the work had been hung in a committee room, but it now in the legislative lounge, where it is believed to be less likely to be damaged accidentally. ___ Information from: The Times Argus, http://www.timesargus.com/ Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or reproduced. AP-ES-03-05-10 1123EST |
| Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 14:12 |
