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George Jacob Beck 1748-1812
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- George Jacob Beck
- Georgetown and Washington City
gouache on paper
- 15 in. by 20 in.
- 38.1 cm by 50.8 cm
painted 1795-1797
In the original frame and églomisé mat.
In the original frame and églomisé mat.
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Irving Levitt, Detroit, Michigan
Kennedy Gallieries, Inc., New York
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington on the Potomac, February 20-April 3, 1982
Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution
Literature
The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800, Columbia University Press, 1987
Alfred Frankenstein, After the Hunt, revised edition, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1969, pp. 173-174, no. 76G
"Recorders, Deceivers, and Dreamers", The Kennedy Quarterly, January, 1965, pp. 69-70
Alfred Frankenstein, After the Hunt, revised edition, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1969, pp. 173-174, no. 76G
"Recorders, Deceivers, and Dreamers", The Kennedy Quarterly, January, 1965, pp. 69-70
Condition
abrasions in sky and water, touched up; glass replaced.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
According to J. Hall Pleasants ("Four Late 18th Century Anglo-American Landscape Painters", Proceedings, American Antiquarian Society, reprint, October, 1943, p.15) this view was executed during Beck's Baltimore period. Georgetown and City of Washington is the original for the aquatint, George-Town and Federal City, or City of Washington, published on June 1, 1801, as well as the original design for decoration on Staffordshire china.