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Lot 61
Sale 5204 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 30, 2024
11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$4,128
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A pair of portrait miniatures: George and Martha Washington, After John Wollaston (1710-1775) and Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), by Mary Custis Lee (1807-1873)
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)