George Washington
On the reverse of the watercolor, there is a pencil diagram of an oval divided into quadrants.
The watercolor was purchased with a third person note of presentation from George Washington to Anne Bingham. Note in MVLA special collections [RM-252/MS-2750].
Published ReferencesAntiques (September 1969): pp. 318, 322, 344.
Decatur Jr., Stephen "The Private Affairs of George Washington" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company) 1933, pp. 125-6.
Detweiler, Susan Gray, "George Washington's Chinaware (New York: Abrams) 1982, pp. 120.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot. "The Republican Court" (New York), pp. 95, 314, 409.
Hart, Charles Henry: “Original Portraits of Washington" Cosmopolitan Art Journal, Vol. 2 No. 1, (December, 1857) pp. 25.
Johnston, Elizabeth Bryant, "Original Portraits of George Washington" (Boston: Osgood and Company) 1882, pp. 48-49.
Morgan, John Hill and Mantle Fielding, "The Life Portrais of Washington and their Replicas" (Philadephia: Morgan and Fielding) 1931, pp. 143-149.
Stewart, Robert, “Portraits of George and Martha Washington” Antiques (February 1989): pp. 477.
General on Brehan miniatures, but no specific reference to MVLA:
Crackel, Theodore J., "The Papers of George Washington Digital edition, (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press) 2007.
Eisen, Gustavus A., "A Houdon Medallion," Antiques Magazine (January 1939), pp. 122-124.
Hart, Charles Henry, “Life Portraits of George Washington,” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 4 (February, 1897), pp. 291-308.
Hart, Charles Henry, “Original Portraits of Washington” The Century, Vol. 43 Issue 4 (February, 1892) pp. 594-599.
Lossing, Benson J., "Mary and Martha: The Mother and Wife of George Washington" (New York: Harper & Brothers) 1886.
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, "Early American Portraiture" (New York, B. Blom) 1972 pp.10-11.
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