Lot 720
  • 720

After Gilbert Stuart 1755 - 1828

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Gilbert Stuart
  • GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS HORSE BLUESKIN
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 in. by 24 3/4 in.
With ships in the background, copied from Washington at Dorchester Heights, by Gilbert Stuart. Together with a rare printed masonic apron, engraved by Amos Doolittle for H. Parmell, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1800. 2 pieces.

Provenance

The first: Arthur Richmond, Virginia;
Pook and Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, September 2008, lot 54;
Dan Morphy Auctions, November 2008, lot 12.
The second: Edith Halpert, New York;
Pook and Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, November 23, 2002, lot 76;
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.

Condition

In order listed: The first: Significant over-paint except for faces. Relined, re-stretched, but not on original stretchers; The second: Faded, dirty, and stained with some losses to the silk fabric. 'Engraved by Brother Amos Doolittle for H. Parmell/the above may be had of...Philadelphia, Samuel Mavrick, New York, A. Doolittle, New Haven and I.W. Clark, Albany.'
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