Kolbe & Fanning
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Important Work on Washington Portraiture
Morgan, John Hill, and Mantle Fielding. THE LIFE PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON AND THEIR REPLICAS. Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscribers, 1931. Tall 4to, original blue cloth, ruled, lettered, paneled and decorated in gilt. xxiii, (1), 432 pages with deckle edges; 110 finely printed plates with tissue guards, including a color frontispiece; errata slip bound in. A typewritten letter, signed in ink, from Morgan to Stephen Decatur is attached to the front flyleaf, along with a newspaper clipping regarding Morgan's bequest of his art collection to Yale University. Minimal spotting to frontispiece; a bit dusty. Very good or better. A massive and important compendium of Washington portraits. Issued in a limited edition, with widespread institutional distribution, copies have been in demand since its publication. Ex Swann Galleries, May 26, 1983 sale, lot 378.
Morgan, John Hill, and Mantle Fielding. THE LIFE PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON AND THEIR REPLICAS. Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscribers, 1931. Tall 4to, original blue cloth, ruled, lettered, paneled and decorated in gilt. xxiii, (1), 432 pages with deckle edges; 110 finely printed plates with tissue guards, including a color frontispiece; errata slip bound in. A typewritten letter, signed in ink, from Morgan to Stephen Decatur is attached to the front flyleaf, along with a newspaper clipping regarding Morgan's bequest of his art collection to Yale University. Minimal spotting to frontispiece; a bit dusty. Very good or better. A massive and important compendium of Washington portraits. Issued in a limited edition, with widespread institutional distribution, copies have been in demand since its publication. Ex Swann Galleries, May 26, 1983 sale, lot 378.