The Life Portraits of Washington and Their Replicas
Philadelphia: Printed for The Subscribers, 1931. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardbound. Light blue cloth covers with gilt borders on front covers with gilt armorial design, gilt title on spine. xxiii, (1), 432 pp., (1) 110 tissue-guarded plates including a color frontispiece. VG (Flyleaves quite tanned; rest of the book block is terrific; Some scuffs and marks on cover, but good for age. Inscribed on an opening page to previous owners by wife of one of the authors.). Item #136868
A massive compendium put together during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when Colonial Portraiture was in vogue and extremely popular among collectorsa. A mighty index is found at the rear of the book, and portraits by no less than 28 individual artists are listed, along with supporting data and research. Includes sheet of corrections between the list of portraits and the Author's Preface. Scarce and quite useful for information on these artists and portraitists beyond the pictures only of Washington.
Price: $620.00