The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Paul Leicester Ford
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MEMORIAL TABLET OF LAURENCE AND AMEE WASHINGTON, IN SULGRAVE CHURCH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE The injury of the effigy of Laurence Washington and the entire disappearance of the effigy of Amee antedate the early part of the present century, and probably were done in the Puritan period. Since the above tracing was made the brasses of the eleven children have been stolen, leaving nothing but the lettering and the shield of the Washington arms. BETTY WASHINGTON, WIFE OF FIELDING LEWIS Painted about 1750, and erroneously alleged to be by Copley. Original in the possession of Mr. R. Byrd Lewis, of Marmion, Virginia. JOHN AND MARTHA CUSTIS Original in the possession of General G.W. Custis Lee, of Lexington, Virginia. MINIATURE OF ELEANOR PARKE CUSTIS From the miniature by Gilbert Stuart, in the possession of her grandson, Edward Parke Lewis Custis, of Hoboken, New Jersey. FICTITIOUS PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON |
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