Painting

Art

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Historic Germantown

GHS 1051

GHS 1051

Name/Title

Painting

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1051

Description

Meschianza figure composed of three boards held together by 3 horizontal boards on base cut in the shape of a Turkish man painted.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Made/Created

Artist

Andre, Major John

Place

* Untyped Place

USA-Philadelphia

Notes

Author: Andre, Major John

Dimensions

Height

70 in

Width

25-5/8 in

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Wister Family GHS Catalogue: Turk decoration of the Meschianza from the Wister House Grumplethorp. Gift of the Wister family of Grumblethorpe (5267 Germantown Avenue) - June 17, 1931. Identification label states, "1051 Decoration painted by Major John Andre (1751-1780) for the Meschianza held at Philadelphia May 18th, 1778."