Sold for:
$720
$720
Framed George Washington Memorial Engraving, Thomas Clarke, engraver, Boston, 1801, stipple engraving depicting figures of a woman and a man grieving before a monument with obelisk featuring Washington's portrait over the inscription 'There Is Rest in Heaven. ,' and Columbia with one arm upraised pointing to the heavens and an anchor (symbol of hope) beside her, above the inscriptions "Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington/T. Clarke, Sculpt. 1801, Boston," (toning), 8 5/8 x 8 3/8 in., in probably original molded giltwood frame with a printed framer's label "F. Lloyd...Milk-Street, Boston."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
