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A GEORGE WASHINGTON PORTRAIT ON SILK.
[AFTER GILBERT STUART.]
Portrait of George Washington. [n.p: c.1855.]

14 October 2020, 13:00 EDT
New York

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A GEORGE WASHINGTON PORTRAIT ON SILK.

[AFTER GILBERT STUART.] Portrait of George Washington. [n.p: c.1855.] A portrait of George Washington, woven on silk and taken from the likeness of the Stuart Gilbert portrait. 575 x 440 mm. The portrait close matted, and mounted on board, some light browning and sun tanning. Framed and glazed.

A fine and rare woven portrait of George Washington identical with an example in the Ford Mansion at Morristown National Historic Park where Washington took winter quarters in the year 1779-80. That example is described as being limited to only 50 copies after which the loom was destroyed!

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