Portrait of a Toddler Boy Holding his Tin Horn

Northeast, ca. 1840.    
Oil on what appears to be linen. The seated handsome, blue-eyed boy in green/black patterned dress, ruffled collar, and black belt with elaborate buckle. Rendered by an unidentified yet skilled artist. Untouched condition, never lined, expected broad craquelure.

Gilded frame size about 26 ½ inches x 22 ½. This portrait has not been offered for sale in decades.