Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State

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Object Details

Maker
Dolley Payne Todd Madison (American, 1768-1849)
Date
1792-1806
Geography
Unknown
Culture
French
Medium
paper, iron gall ink
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 6.985 cm
Provenance
Possibly James Madison; to James and Dolley Madison; possibly to Payne Todd (Mrs. Madison's son); to Dr. and Mrs. James H. Causten (Annie Payne was Mrs. Madison's niece); to Mary Causten Kunkel (their daughter); sold in 1899 by Mrs. Kunkel at S V. Henkels's auction house, Philadelphia; Christie's, New York, Sale 6893, October 24, 1989, Lot 244; to J. Garrison Stradling, a New York City, dealer; to the Fine Arts Committee through purchase.
Inscriptions
Bearing hand-written number 236 in graphite on upper right corner
Credit Line
Funds donated by Mrs. Elizabeth G. Schneider
Collection
The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number
RR-1989.0028.3