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    • PAIR WASHINGTON & LAFAYETTE ENGRAVINGS
      Jun. 04, 2023

      PAIR WASHINGTON & LAFAYETTE ENGRAVINGS

      Est: $900 - $1,200

      Pair of original, early 19th c. large steel plate engravings - WASHINGTON and LA FAYETTE. Each having eglomise ebony-painted and gilt mats with original gilt wood frames. The historic engraving of General George Washington done by Waterman Lilly Ormsby (1809-1883), after James Heath and the artist Gilbert Stuart's original "Lansdowne Portrait", a magnificent oil painting of the President. Together with a full length portrait engraving of the Marquis de Lafayette, circa 1824, from the admired print by Leroux, after a painting by Scheffer, published in Paris. Lafayette was the first foreign dignitary to speak before a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Image size 20 x 13 in, framed 26 x 19 in. Both very good condition, glass intact.

      Americana Auctions
    • WATERMAN LILLY ORMSBY ENGRAVING (American,
      Mar. 29, 2011

      WATERMAN LILLY ORMSBY ENGRAVING (American,

      Est: $150 - $250

      WATERMAN LILLY ORMSBY ENGRAVING (American, 1809-1883) "Declaration of Independence, July 4th 1776" after John Trumbull, published by Cole & Co. NY. Image measures 20.5" x 30.25". Set in a wood frame.

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