May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 453

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
"WASHINGTON GAVE ME THREE LONG SITTINGS" PEALE, REMBRANDT. Autograph Letter Signed, to James L. Graham, Jr., explaining how he created the portrait of George Washington which appears in the 5th volume of Irving's Life of George Washington. 1 page, 8vo, ruled paper, with integral blank; blank inlaid, horizontal folds. (MRS) Philadelphia, 2 October 1859
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"The Engraving in the 5th Vol. of Irving's Life of Washington was made from a monochrome in Crayon, finished from my Original Portrait. Washington gave me three long sittings of his precious time for a study from the Life. I am now finishing the 76th Copy in Oil, in my 82nd Year."
with--Peale's etched portrait of Washington, excised from the 5th volume of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington. 11 1/2x9 inches; faint scattered foxing.