- 147
(Washington, George)
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- (Washington, George)
- An announcement of the death of George Washington in The Constitutional Telegraph, Vol. I, No, 26. Boston: Parker’s Printing Office, 28 December 1799
- ink, paper
4 pages (19 5/8 x 12 1/4, uncut and preserving deckle) on a bifolium of laid paper, text in four columns, all pages with woodcut mourning rules; foxed.
Provenance
Christie's New York, December 10, 1999, lot 224
Condition
4 pages (19 5/8 x 12 1/4, uncut and preserving deckle) on a bifolium of laid paper, text in four columns, all pages with woodcut mourning rules; foxed.
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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
News of George Washington’s death reaches New England. The death of George Washington on December 14, 1799, shocked the nation, and his contemporaries immediately recognized that the first great age in American history had passed. The news of his death, and the honors paid to him, spread in the way typical of the eighteenth-century, with local reports being carried to neighboring towns, where they were reprinted and sent further on their way, to be reprinted again. Much of the third page of this issue of The Constitutional Telegraph is devoted to such stories of Washington, gleaned from the New York and Philadelphia press. The reports include Tobias Lear’s description of the first president’s demise (“Not a groan nor a complaint escaped him, though in extreme distress. With perfect resignation, and a full possession of his reason, he closed his well spent life”); eulogies by President John Adams and Secretary of War James McHenry; and memorial notices placed by the Society of the Cincinnati and the by the Boston Independent Fusiliers.