The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 91
s of un-usual interest, for they are of George andMartha Washington. Possibly they are thework of Peale, but there is nothing to indi- cate the name of the silhouettist. Under-neath the frame in which the profiles are, isthis information in regard to them: The within are profiles of General and… … SILHOUETTE OF MARTHA WASHINGTON. The Mrs. Eleanor P. Lewis referred to was agreat-granddaughter of Martha Washington. The silhouettes were presented to the schoolby Mr. Edward Shippen of Philadelphia.They are the original profiles, and not copies.The invention of the daguerreotype by M.Daguerre in…
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