The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 1, January 7, 2007, Article 9

KELLY LITHOGRAPHS OF DUNSMORE'S FIRST COINAGE PAINTING SOUGHT

Joel Orosz writes: "Len Augsburger and I are doing research on Frank
Stewart, the man who in the early 20th century, owned the first U.S.
Mint building in Philadelphia, and the artwork he commissioned with the
first Mint as its subject. Stewart commissioned the artist John Ward
Dunsmore to create an oil painting entitled "Inspecting the First
Coinage," in which George and Martha Washington, along with other
leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, are presented
the first coins produced by the Mint (1792 half dismes), by Mint
Director David Rittenhouse.

"Dave Bowers recalls that sometime before 1964, Jim Kelly, a prominent
coin dealer from Dayton, Ohio, made lithographic reproductions of this
painting.  If any E-Sylum readers own a copy of this Kelly lithograph
of "Inspecting the First Coinage," Len and I would very much like to
get a description of its characteristics and dimensions, and if possible,
to see a photograph of it.  We would also like to make note of how many
are still in existence."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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