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Property from the Collection of Irene Roosevelt Aitken: Sold to Benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, and the Morgan Library & Museum
ATTRIBUTED TO ELLEN SHARPLES (1769-1849)
George Washington
Details
ATTRIBUTED TO ELLEN SHARPLES (1769-1849)
George Washington
pastel on paper
9 ¼ x 7 ¼ in.
George Washington
pastel on paper
9 ¼ x 7 ¼ in.
Provenance
An unidentified English family
Frank T. Sabin Art Gallery, London
Herbert Lee Pratt (1871-1945), The Braes, Glen Cove, Long Island, by purchase from above, prior to 1917
Harriet Balsdon (Pratt) Van Ingen Bush (Mrs. Donald F. Bush) (1901-1978), New York, daughter
George C. Seybolt (1914-1993), Dedham, Massachusetts
Sold, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, February 24, 2008, lot 1744
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd., Newport, Rhode Island, 2010
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above
Frank T. Sabin Art Gallery, London
Herbert Lee Pratt (1871-1945), The Braes, Glen Cove, Long Island, by purchase from above, prior to 1917
Harriet Balsdon (Pratt) Van Ingen Bush (Mrs. Donald F. Bush) (1901-1978), New York, daughter
George C. Seybolt (1914-1993), Dedham, Massachusetts
Sold, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, February 24, 2008, lot 1744
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd., Newport, Rhode Island, 2010
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above
Literature
Charles Henry Hart, Historical Descriptive and Critical Catalogue of the Works of American Artists in Collection of Herbert L. Pratt, Glen Cove, L.I. (New York, 1917), titlepage and pp. 91-92, no. 42.
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Early American Paintings (New York, 1917), p. 80, no. 88, illustrated.
Theodore Bolton, Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons (New York, 1923), p. 80, no. 109.
Theodore Bolton, Art in America, vol. XI, no. III (New York, April 1923), p. 140, no. 58.
Joseph Dillaway Sawyer, George Washington, vol. II (New York, 1927), p. 448, illustrated.
Katharine McCook Knox, The Sharples: Their Portraits of George Washington and his Contemporaries (1930; reprint, New Haven, 1972), pp. 68, 79, 90, no. 53, back cover, illustrated.
John Hill Morgan and Mantle Fielding, The Life Portraits of Washington and Their Replicas (Philadelphia, 1931), p. 410, no. 27.
Bill Van Siclen, "A Great Show of Formal Faces," The Providence Journal, October 16, 2008, illustrated.
Jeanne Schinto, "Boston's Art Show 'Grows Legs,' Opens Wallets," Maine Antique Digest, February 2010, p. 37-A, illustrated.
Bill Van Siclen, "Newport show highlights Gilbert Stuart, and friends,"The Providence Journal, December 10, 2010.
Lita Solis-Cohen, "USArtists 2010: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," Maine Antique Digest, January 2011, pp. 35-B, 38-B, illustrated.
Frick Art Reference Library, ref. 257-4h.
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, no. J.675.737, online edition, www.pastellists.com, accessed December 13, 2025, illustrated.
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Early American Paintings (New York, 1917), p. 80, no. 88, illustrated.
Theodore Bolton, Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons (New York, 1923), p. 80, no. 109.
Theodore Bolton, Art in America, vol. XI, no. III (New York, April 1923), p. 140, no. 58.
Joseph Dillaway Sawyer, George Washington, vol. II (New York, 1927), p. 448, illustrated.
Katharine McCook Knox, The Sharples: Their Portraits of George Washington and his Contemporaries (1930; reprint, New Haven, 1972), pp. 68, 79, 90, no. 53, back cover, illustrated.
John Hill Morgan and Mantle Fielding, The Life Portraits of Washington and Their Replicas (Philadelphia, 1931), p. 410, no. 27.
Bill Van Siclen, "A Great Show of Formal Faces," The Providence Journal, October 16, 2008, illustrated.
Jeanne Schinto, "Boston's Art Show 'Grows Legs,' Opens Wallets," Maine Antique Digest, February 2010, p. 37-A, illustrated.
Bill Van Siclen, "Newport show highlights Gilbert Stuart, and friends,"The Providence Journal, December 10, 2010.
Lita Solis-Cohen, "USArtists 2010: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," Maine Antique Digest, January 2011, pp. 35-B, 38-B, illustrated.
Frick Art Reference Library, ref. 257-4h.
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, no. J.675.737, online edition, www.pastellists.com, accessed December 13, 2025, illustrated.
Exhibited
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Early American Paintings, February 3-March 12, 1917.
The Grolier Club, New York City, Washington bi-centennial exhibition, December 1931-January 1932.
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd., Newport, Rhode Island, Faces of Our Ancestors: Three Centuries of American Portraits, September 21-November 30, 2008.
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd., Newport, Rhode Island, Gilbert Stuart and His Times, December 4, 2010-March 6, 2011.
The Grolier Club, New York City, Washington bi-centennial exhibition, December 1931-January 1932.
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd., Newport, Rhode Island, Faces of Our Ancestors: Three Centuries of American Portraits, September 21-November 30, 2008.
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd., Newport, Rhode Island, Gilbert Stuart and His Times, December 4, 2010-March 6, 2011.
Brought to you by
Peter Klarnet
Senior Specialist, Americana