Auction: Discovery - 2514MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 22, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828),
Portrait of George Washington. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 17 x 11 1/4 in., unframed. Condition: Craquelure, scattered wax splatters.
Note: This portrait is a copy of Stuart's famous 1796 Lansdowne Portrait, so named because it was a gift from Pennsylvania senator William Bingham to the Marquis de Lansdowne, an English supporter of American independence. The original now hangs in The National Portrait Gallery.
Estimate $400-600