FINE ART PORTRAIT BY GEORGE P A HEALY 1849 CHICAGO Start Price USD 9,000.00 Current Price USD 9,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 16, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Location 95603 See more about 'FINE ART PORTRAIT BY GEORGE P A HEALY 1849 CHICAGO' Description jak398 Store FINE ART PORTRAIT BY GEORGE P A HEALY 1849 CHICAGO FINE ART PAINTING BY GEORGE PAUL ALEXANDER HEALY, PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL NAMED LOUISE VAUGHN 14 YEARS OLD WHO LI VED IN THE CHICAGO AREA 1849. THIS PAINTING WAS BOUGHT BY MY UNCLE IN THE 1930,'S FROM A SMALL ANTIQUE SHOP IN GLENDALE CALIFORNIA. IT HAS A LETTER FRON THE NIECE OF LOUISE DAUGHTER ELIZABETH VAUGHN  EXPLAINING THE PAINTING HOW GEORGE PA HEALY PAINTED THE 3 CHICAGO BEAUTIES AND THEIR FATHER. HEALY ALSO WAS FAMOUS FOR PAINTING PRESIDENTS, WAS COMISSIONED BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO PAINT ALL THE PRESIDENTS, BUT WAS STOPED BY THE CIVIL WAR AND SEVERAL OF THESE PAINTINGS ARE STILL IN THE WHITE HOUSE UNFINISGED AND UNFAMED..HE ALSO PAINTED MANY PORTRAITS THAT HANG IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FRAME, PAINTING IS UNSIGNED I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE NEICE, THAT EXPLAINS ALL ABOUT THE PAINTING IT'S JOURNEY, HOW IT SURVIVED THE CHICAGO FIRE.. ELIZABETH LOUISES OLDER SISTER VAUGHN WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST LADY PRESIDENT OF THE  FIRST WORLDS FAIR   IN CHICAGO.I AM SORRY MY PICTURES DID NOPT TURN OUT BETTER, I WILL TRY AND ADD SOME BETTER ONES TOMORROW Certain images/photos incorporated into this template are the royalty free property of Karen's Whimsy Public Domain Images. Place a Bid!