Watercolor and Ink George Washington Memorial

Description:

Watercolor and Ink George Washington Memorial, Thomas W. Tolman, eastern Massachusetts, 1810, decorated with spreadwing eagle, angels, a panoply of arms, and inscribed monuments with memorial and patriotic inscriptions, signed at the bottom "THOMAS W. TOLMAN," in a molded gilt frame, the reverse with extensive genealogical notes, ht. 15 1/2, wd. 17 in.

Provenance: Skinner, January 16, 1993, Lot 148.

Exhibitions: For the Record: Art and Artifacts of the American Family, Bennington, Museum, Bennington, Vermont, November 1-December 31, 2008.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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