All In the Family
NEW YORK (AP) -- Charles Willson Peale's full-length portrait of George Washington on the American Revolutionary War battlefield fetched $21.3 million at auction Saturday, setting a world record for the sale of an American portrait, Christie's auction house said.Charles Willson Peale is also the Great-Grandfather of Gentleman Farmer's Great-Grandfather. If only he had stashed a few of these portraits in the closet for the benefit of the family.
"George Washington at Princeton," signed and dated 1779 by the Revolutionary period's premier portrait artist, was one of eight full-length portraits of Washington painted by Peale between 1779 and 1781. It was the only one known to be in private hands.
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Anonymous said ... (4:12 PM) :
post a commentSo Peale is GF's Great-G-G-G-Grandfather. Quick quiz: How many Great-G-G-G-Grandparents does a person have? Answer: 64.
and? which of your 64 G-G-G-G-G Grandparents have paintings that sold for over 20 million recently?