framed-victorian-needlework-of-george-washington
Lot 122
Framed Victorian Needlework of George Washington
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Worked in brightly colored wool threads depicting George Washington during the final year of his presidency after Gilbert Stuart's portrait known as the Lansdowne Portrait, which was gifted to the first Marquess of Lansdowne, an aristocratic Englishman who was a supporter of American independence, presented under glass in a gilt molded contemporary frame.

Frame dimensions 52.5 x 42 in.

From the Estate of the late Jay Neal Morton, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Good estate condition; frame with some separation at joints; some gilt loss; not examined out-of-frame.