by gwffoundation | Nov 4, 2020 | Historic Kenmore, Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies
On walls of the Historic Kenmore’s drawing room hang two large portraits of a man and a woman. The man is an older gentleman in a serene outdoor setting, looking quite dignified and sober in a brownish knee-length jacket, knee breeches and long waistcoat. His...
by gwffoundation | Aug 9, 2017 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
I like many people in America have a dog. His name is Edward. Edward is a large black lab who sheds everywhere, snores like a grown man, and has a borderline obsession with socks. He is my best friend and has been my constant companion for nine years. I consider him a...
by gwffoundation | Mar 27, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
The George Washington Foundation’s curators recently oversaw the hanging of portraits in Historic Kenmore’s Drawing Room. Portraits of Fielding and Betty Lewis painted by John Wollaston as well as of John Lewis and Fielding Lewis, Jr. painted by Charles...
