(THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE). WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF JOHN HANCOCK'S HOME, 1825

Watercolor on paper (7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.; 187 x 243 mm), signed lower right "Eliza S. Quincey del 1825," captioned "View of the House of the late Governor Hancock, the residence of General Lafayette, during his visits to Boston in 1779, and 1784." Lightly browned. In a contemporary gilt wood frame, manuscript label on back "Mad de Maubours" and printed label of the presumptive framer, "Delarue fils ainé, Seur de Mr. Rey, Paris."

The drawing is very lightly and uniformly browned. It has not been examined out of its presumptive original frame.
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