Gilbert Stuart An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 32 1/2 x 23 cm. Seventy-three engraved portraits of George Washington. Compiled by Lawrence Park. With an Account of His Life by John Hill Morgan and Appreciation by Royal Cortissoz. A monumental undertaking, providing a Descriptive List of The Portraits by Gilbert Stuart as well as nearly 1000 black and white portraits. Park died before this work was published, but his labor of love was dedicated to a man who was also a social chronicler, the pictorial historian of characteristic figures in America's national life at a crucial moment. Catalogue Raisonne. FREITAG 9197. KARPEL H498. "A major and monumental work...." LUCAS p.195. Orig. navy cloth. Teg. Fine. 4 vols. Item #23765
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