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THBSamuel McIntire Two-sided Carved and Painted George Washington Profile Portrait Plaque
Lot 39
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Bonhams Skinner’s August Americana auction features an interesting selection of fine and historic antiques for the discriminating collector including a rare relief-carved double-sided portrait of General George Washington by Samuel Macintire Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
Bonhams Skinner’s August Americana auction features an interesting selection of fine and historic antiques for the discriminating collector including a rare relief-carved double-sided portrait of General George Washington by Samuel Macintire Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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- Lot Description
Samuel McIntire Two-sided Carved and Painted George Washington Profile Portrait Plaque, Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1805-11, composed of two plaques fastened back-to-back, the figures carved in high relief with George Washington facing to the right in a blue-painted military uniform with yellow-painted facings and epaulette, the shirt ruffle, face, and hair painted white, all against a brown painted background, the bottom of the plaque with a deeply cut hole extending up into the base perhaps for mounting on a rod, ht. 15, wd. 11 in.
Provenance: Collection of Nina Fletcher Little, by descent to Warren M. Little.
Literature: Plaque is illustrated and described in Dean T. Lahikainen, Samuel McIntire Carving an American Style, (Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, 2007), pp. 194-95, Fig. 4-210.
Fletcher Little, Nina, Little by Little, E. P. Dutton, Inc., New York, NY, 1984, Illus. p.181 plate 239, discussed p. 183 and 184.
Note: Nina Fletcher Little speculated that the carved busts left McIntire's shop unpainted so that the owner could embellish the carving to his or her wishes. An inventory of his shop taken after his death in 1811 documents "8 medallions of Washington" in his inventory. According to Lahikainen, five are known to survive today. The source of the design is believed to be an engraving by Joseph Hiller Jr. based on the profile by Joseph Wright. These smaller medallions may have been used at celebrations for holidays such as Independence Day or George Washington's birthday.Condition
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