1865 GEORGE WASHINGTON. Quality Mid-19th Century Oil on Canvas. After Gilbert Stuart ZZAutographsandArtifacts [George Whitefield] Wakeley

[George Whitefield] Wakeley

after a delay of several months

by Idella Haist

*To Mary Weston and Mary Piezley [16 stanzas

Some scattered staining to text and handled at corners

1865 GEORGE WASHINGTON. Quality Mid-19th Century Oil on Canvas. After Gilbert Stuart ZZAutographsandArtifacts [George Whitefield] WakeleyA very attractive and nicely preserved c. 1865 oil on canvas of George Washington. After the original of Gilbert Stuart [1755 1828], aside from composition, the present is stylistically far afield from Stuart's naturalistic image. In a very good state with a few minor abrasions to the painting, small repair at the back central as shown. The frame is original and attractive with some gesso loss at top edge and sporadically at edges. Stretcher is a bit