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American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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- Sale 5204
Live
| Philadelphia
Apr 30 | 11:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 5204
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$800 – $1,200
Sitters identified below portraits on support, signed on verso of each, “Mary Custis Lee,” the portrait of Colonel George Washington inscribed on verso, “Taken from an original portrait at Arlington in the provincial uniform R. Peale," the portrait of Martha Washington inscribed on verso, “Taken from an original portrait at Arlington, size life"; each watercolor on paper, cut and mounted to card stock; George Washington's portrait card printed, “Lee Gallery/ 1869” on verso, and Martha Washington's card embossed, “920 Main Street/ Richmond, VA.”
3 ½ in. x 2 3/8 in. (sight)
The original portraits from which these miniatures were taken, hung at Mount Vernon and later in the Lee House in Arlington, Virginia. The portraits are now in the Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington & Lee University.
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, the last private owner of Arlington House, was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Well-educated and a fine writer, Mary Custis Lee edited and published the writings of her father, George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), the grandson of Martha Washington.
Overall toning, scattered foxing and discoloration, pigment loss, minor chipping to edges of works and to mountings, Martha is unglued to her backing card, Verso of cards also faded and discolored.
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