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Table of Contents > George Washington > Lot 124 |
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Lot Number: 124
Click for a Printable PageSign-in to Bid or Register to Bid Estimate Range: $1,000 - $2,000 |
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Rare c.1800 George Washington Oval Engraved Portrait on Sheet Music Illustrated for "The Battle of Prague", Boston |
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c. 1800, Copper-Plate Engraved Portrait of George Washington in Uniform on the Title Page of the Sheet Music for "The Battle of Prague, Favorite Sonate For the Piano Forte with Accompaniments", with "G. Washington President of the United States" below the portrait, Printed & Sold by Graupner No. 6 Franklin St., Boston, Very Fine. This very rare early engraved portrait of George Washington, is on the title page of the sheet music for "The Battle of Prague", a popular piece of martial music composed by Franz Kotzwara, which imitated the sounds of battle. The illustrated title page only is present, and measures 11-3/4" x 9-1/8" having some wrinkling of the sheet from a prior framing, with a strip of tone along the left margin. Published in Boston by Graupner, dates from circa 1800 to 1805. This early American printing of "The Battle of Prague" sought to capitalize on the late President's popularity through the use of an engraved portrait by Wetherbee after Joseph Wright, Hart 153a, W.S. Baker's "Engraved Portraits of Washington" #82. |
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Lot Number: 124
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Estimate Range: $1,000 - $2,000 |
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