Live Auction 5346Christie's Interiors
GEORGE WASHINGTON, A CROXLEY'S MOSAIC PICTURE
Lot 200

GEORGE WASHINGTON, A CROXLEY'S MOSAIC PICTURE

Closed19 February 2008

Price Realised

GBP 750

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GEORGE WASHINGTON, A CROXLEY'S MOSAIC PICTURE
a large and richly coloured textile image of the American president gesturing with his right hand,--21.5 x 29in. (54.6 x 73.6cm), framed and glazed

Specialist note

After the 1797 Lansdowne Portrait of Washington, by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). The original hangs in the White House. Following the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, patriotic images such as this became extremely popular among Americans.