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  • Sharples, James,
     
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  • Portrait group -- Family
     
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  • Portrait male -- Custis,
     
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  • Portrait female -- Custis,
     
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  • Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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  • Portrait female -- Washington, Martha
     
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  • Painting
     
     
    Portraits of Six Custis Family Members, George and Martha Washington, and George Washington as a Young Man, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, painter.
    Sharples, James, 1751-1811, painter. (copy after)
    Title: 
    Portraits of Six Custis Family Members, George and Martha Washington, and George Washington as a Young Man, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Portraits of Six Custis Family Members, (painting).
    Portrait of George Washington, (painting).
    Portrait of Martha Washington, (painting).
    Portrait of George Washington as a Young Man, (painting).
    Dates: 
    19th c.
    Medium: 
    Watercolor on paper.
    Dimensions: 
    9 paintings framed together. Six Custis family membes, each: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.; George and Martha Washington after Sharples, each: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.; George Washington as a young man: 8 x 6 1/8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower center inscription on each)
    Subject: 
    Portrait group -- Family
    Portrait male -- Custis,
    Portrait female -- Custis,
    Portrait male -- Washington, George
    Portrait female -- Washington, Martha
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Anonymous Collection.
    Provenance: 
    Doyle New York, 175 East 87th Street, New York, New York 10028 Sale (Oct. 1, 2014), lot 21.
    Remarks: 
    Six Custis family portraits by an unknown American artist; one portrait of George Washington and one portrait of Martha Washington by an unknown American artist after James Sharples; and one portrait of George Washington as a young man by an American artist are framed to gether with a print after Raverat of a portrait of Junot (1771-1813), Marshal of the Empire and a general of Napoleon.
    References: 
    Doyle New York, Sale (Oct. 1, 2014), lot 21.
    Illustration: 
    Doyle New York, Sale (Oct. 1, 2014), lot 21 (one of six Custis family portraits).
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 68500026
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    Inventory of American Paintings68500026Add Copy to MyList

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