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Datec. 1797

Artist Ellen Sharples (British, 1769 - 1849)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueSilk

DimensionsOverall (Framed H x W): 20 7/8 in. × 18 13/16 in. × 1 1/4 in. (53.02 cm × 47.78 cm × 3.18 cm) Overall (Sight H x W): 9 in. × 7 in. (22.86 cm × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John R. Tomlin, 1902

Object numberH-630

Published ReferencesKathryn Metz, “Ellen and Rolinda Sharples: Mother and Daughter Painters,” Women’s Art Journal 16/1 (Spring-Summer 1995): 4, 6.

Alice E. A. Hunt, "Notes on Felix Thomas Sharples," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 59/2 (April 1951): 217.

Ella Bassett Washington, "Miss Sharpless's Needlework Portrait," The Century Magazine 47/4 (February 1894): 547.

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