Painting of George Washington and his Mother       

This watercolor painting is a copy of a painting found in the Hartwell family Bible. Both this copy and the original were painted by Prudence Cummings Wright, the leader of Prudence Wright’s Guard, a group of women whose bravery and commitment to the patriot cause helped them intercept important British documents on their way to their headquarters in Boston. Wright was likely a relative of the Hartwells, and painted this domestic scene as part of a gift.