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Presidents Washington & Lincoln Oil Paintings

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Presidents Washington & Lincoln Oil Paintings
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Unsigned. Attributed to Tempie Barnhill (1874-1964). She was born in Washington County Texas, married F. B. Penman in 1903. Her family settled at Washington-on-the-Brazos before 1850. Mrs. Penman later lived in Nacogdoches, Texas. She is buried, along with her husband, in the historical Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Texas. These paintings of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln hung in the old City of Nacogdoches Public Library (the historic
Sterne-Hoya House, built c.1830 by Adolphus Sterne). The house has long been a
Nacogdoches city museum. The paintings were purchased from the estate of her
daughter, Annette Penman. Abraham Lincoln painting on canvas, 16-1/4" W x 20-1/4" L; George Washington, 16-1/4" W x 20-1/4" L.