The figure stands on an oval base with rocks and tufts of grass. He wears a blue coat with orange trim, yellow sprigged waistcoat, crimson breeches, white stockings and (black?) buckled shoes. He carries his hat in his left hand, a document in his right.
The statuette is eroneously titled " George Washington", the New-York Historical Society attributes this statuette to Enoch Wood, but it relates to the work of his cousin Enoch (1759-1840). See their website: http://emuseum.nyhistory.org/code/emuseum.asp and search for Ralph Wood
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