AMERICAN SCHOOL, Possibly late 18th Century

A pair of silhouettes depicting George and Martha Washington

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AMERICAN SCHOOL, Possibly late 18th Century
A pair of silhouettes depicting George and Martha Washington
Each bears a pencil inscription
paper laid on velvet with graphite
5¾ x 4½in. (2)

来源

Estate of Robert Lucas

拍品专文

Each silhouette bears the inscription, The within are profiles of General and Mrs. Washington taken from their likenesses on a wall. They are as perfect likenesses as profiles can give. Presented to me by my aunt, Mrs. Eleanor P. Lewis at Woodlawn july 1832. Eleanor Lewis (1779-1852) was a granddaughter of Martha Washington and, upon her marriage to Lawrence Lewis was given the estate Woodlawn, in Virginia, as a wedding present. Supposedly these likeness' were taken on one of her visits to Mt. Vernon.