Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 225

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(WASHINGTON, GEORGE--PRINTS.) First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of his Countrymen. Portrait in silk, 22 x 16 inches; edge-mounted to board with cello tape, two small areas of dampstaining outside of image, edge wear, minor spotting. Lyon, France, 1856

Additional Details

A portrait of Washington after Gilbert Stuart with relief border, apparently machine-woven on a Jacquard loom. The manufacturer is unidentified, but a monogram which appears to read "JRT" is in the pattern.