Above: Close up of Mary Wesson

Above: Entire Painting in Period Frame

Above: Artist’s Signature

A rare original pastel portrait of Mary Wesson, the silent movie star and of Smith & Wesson Family fame, by Charles Sheldon.

The pastel comes with the original photograph taken by Sheldon of his posed model. This image captures the carnival like atmosphere of the jazz age. Framed in a period 1920s gesso wooden “step-frame.”

Above: Photograph of Model by Sheldon