Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Decorative Arts This mirror originally would have

This mirror originally would have been above a very grand fireplace

with corresponding brass inlay

18" tall X 12" diameter

possibly Syria or Mosul

Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Decorative Arts This mirror originally would haveAn 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