Lot 183
White Wash Broadside Mentioning "the President's house in Washington," c. 1820. Broadside titled "Incombustable Wash, And Stucco White Wash," 10 x 6½ in., n.p. (Hagerstown, Md.?), n.d. (1819-20?), describing how to "make fluid for the roof and other parts of wooden houses to make them incombustable, and coating for brick, tile, stone and rough cast to render them impervious to the wate and give them a durable and handsome appearance" and how to "make a brilliant stucco White Wash for buildings, inside and out, " adding, "The east end of the President's house in Washington is washed with it." Minor creasing and toning. Matted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 11¼ in. A typed note on the back of the frame says that there is a note on the verso of the broadside that this was printed in Hagerstown in 1819 and there is only one item in Rink related to white wash--an 1821 broadside.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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