Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Decorative Arts 18" tall X 12" diameter

18" tall X 12" diameter

signed & dated 1908

This mirror originally would have been above a very grand fireplace

Silver weight is 18 Grams

with corresponding brass inlay

Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Decorative Arts 18" tall X 12" diameterAn important & rare antique American political printed silk broadside, an elegy on the death of President George Washington, dated 1800. A poem on the Death of President George Washington January 1, 1800, see "Threads of History" No. 18, Shown P. 56. January 1, 1800 Dated Federal Period, Memorial Poem Silk Broadside, Printed in black on fine off white Silk, entitled: "An Elegiac Poem on the Death of General George Washington Commander in Chief of the