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A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN, A DESCENDANT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
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J.H. WHITEHURST GALLERIES, CIRCA 1850S
A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN, A DESCENDANT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Together with another photograph inscribed verso Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Nelly Custis and a small prayer book inscribed This little book was presented by Mrs. Washington to Eleanor P. Custis her Grand daughter, as a birthday gift March 31st 1798, on which day she attained her nineteenth year.
Full plate daguerreotype
7 in. high
A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN, A DESCENDANT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Together with another photograph inscribed verso Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Nelly Custis and a small prayer book inscribed This little book was presented by Mrs. Washington to Eleanor P. Custis her Grand daughter, as a birthday gift March 31st 1798, on which day she attained her nineteenth year.
Full plate daguerreotype
7 in. high
Provenance
See Lot 502