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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Forged Document Purported to be Signed by George Washington
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Forged Document Purported to be Signed by George Washington

author (England, 1813 - 1876, Philadelphia)
subject (Westmoreland, Virginia, 1732 - 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia)
Datebefore 1869
Place MadeNorth America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005384
eMuseum ID717566
EmbARK ObjectID31298
Other NumberU27e684
TMS Source ID14874
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesKenneth W. Rendell. Forging History:The Detection of Fake Letters and Documents (Norman, 1994), p. 58, 79.
Anthony Amore, "Forge Washington," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 29 June 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/forge-washington 
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.