Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 18th April 2024
Lot 1257
λ A RARE AMERICAN SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £504
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
λ A RARE AMERICAN SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
POSSIBLY BY SAMUEL FOLWELL, DATED 1791
signed and dated 'S. FOLWELL PINXT, 1791', together with another silhouette portrait of a lady, by Charles Rosenberg, the back with original printed label and a pair of silhouette portraits of a lady and gentleman, in rosewood frames (4)
33.2 x 20.3cm (max)
Catalogue Note
Samuel Folwell (1764-1813) was an American artist based in Phildelphia. He is best know for creating works of mourning art. It is recorded that in 1791 George Washington visited Samuel Folwell, a miniature painter and 'cutter of profiles' and he painted a silhouette of him in Indian ink.