Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 339

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Folk art commemoration of Washington's death. Watercolor and ink on paper, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches; worn, laid down on tissue. Np, circa 1800
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An appealingly naive listing of the major events in Washington's life, surrounded by a watercolor funerary monument and bearing the title "Washington is Dead." Although four of the seven listed events have errors, the patriotic sentiment was 100% genuine.