Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2608MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Washington's Birthplace, Westmoreland, Virginia, Where Popes Creek Joins thePotomac River. Unsigned, the scene identified in inscriptions on a rock in the foreground "Here on the 22nd Feb. 1732 Geo. Washington was born.," 13 x 16 1/4 in., in a period molded mahogany frame. Condition: Scattered retouch to sky, small patch repair l.l. with associated retouch.
Provenance: Brunk Auctions, North Carolina, May 1, 2010.
Estimate $1,000-1,500