
Property from the Chester Family Collection, Virginia
George Washington at Princeton
Live auction begins on:
January 24, 05:00 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Bid
350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Chester Family Collection, Virginia
Charles Peale Polk
1767 - 1822
George Washington at Princeton
oil on canvas
signed Cs. Polk Painter and numbered No. 30 (on the reverse)
36 by 27 ¾ in.
91.4 by 70.5 cm.
Executed circa 1790-93.
General William Dunn Bond, Tyrone, Ireland
Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 19 February 1971, lot 125
James A. Williams, Savannah, Georgia
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in June 1971)
The James S. Copley Library, San Diego (acquired from the above in 1971)
Sotheby's New York, 19 May 2010, lot 6 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Linda Crocker Simmons, Charles Peale Polk, 1767-1822, A Limner and His Likenesses, Washington D.C. 1981, no. 18, p. 28, illustrated
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