A Chinese Export Reverse Glass Portrait of George Washington

Reverse painting on glass, early 19th century, unsigned, presented in a later 19th century gilt composition frame with brass gallery plaque reading "PAINTED ON GLASS BY UNKNOWN CHINESE ARTIST / IMPORTED IN 1816 BY THOMAS RICE, BOSTON / PRESENTED IN 1964 BY / COLONEL GEORGE G. DUNN, USAF / NEW HOPE, PA."

Sight size 23 1/8 x 19 in.; Frame dimensions 31 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.

A typed label affixed to the verso records that the painting descended through the family of Thomas Rice, a Boston importer. It was later acquired by Colonel George G. Dunn, Jr., of New Hope, Pennsylvania, from Rice's great-granddaughter, Mrs. John Hill of Rutland, Vermont. In 1964, Colonel Dunn presented the painting to the Freedoms Foundation.

Deaccessioned from Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Acquired from the above

Some flaking and loss to reverse painting; minor nicking to frame.