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Wed, Sep 18, 2019 12:30AM EDT
Lot 361

Antique Framed George Washington Print.

Estimate: $200 - $400

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Antique Framed George Washington Print. Circa 1812. After Gilbert Stuart?s 1796 unfinished portrait of Washington (The Athenaeum), this engraving is hand tinted and sits inside an oval gilt frame. The reverse of the frame bears an ink notation: ?This old print (a copy of the Gilbert Stuart painting in the Boston Museum of Fine Art) was owned by Corrin Sarah Lee and her mother, about 1812.? Framed to 12 ? x 10 ??. Frame broken in two places and needs repair, slight edgewear to print.