| 1938 Martha Washington Sc 805 engravers & bust artist signed, to Wunder |
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MARTHA WASHINGTON 1 1/2 cent DEFINITIVE
SCOTT 805 ISSUE of 1938
FIRST DAY of ISSUE CANCEL
SIGNED by NUMEROUS POST OFFICE NOTABLES
SIGNED by THE SCULPTOR, LOLA SLEETH MILLER
A bust of Martha
Washington by her is in the collection of the Valley Forge
Museum and was used as the model for the stamp.
V. C. Burke -- Postmaster of Washington DC
Leo C. Kauffmann -- Vignette engraver
James T. Vail -- Lettering and Frame engraver
R. E. Fellers -- Superintendent, Division of Stamps
Lola Sleeth Miller -- Sculptor of the Washington bust
Miller signature is on the stamps, see images for details
ADDRESSEE: MISS DORIS VIOLA WUNDER of NEW ORLEANS
Lola Sleeth Miller was born on 24 October 1860 in Memphis, Missouri. She was married to Francis V. "Frank" Sleeth by 1880, and was married to Spencer Miller on 25 June 1931. The Sleeths resided in San Francisco from 1892-1899 where Lola studied at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute under Douglas Tilden. She later studied under James McNeill Whistler at the Academie Julian in Paris and also under Fredrick MacMonnies and Emil Carlson. She was Director of Fine Arts at the Cathedral School for Girls in Washington D.C. from 1901 through 1931. She was a teacher, and painter in oils and watercolors, and sculptor in stone, for which she is perhaps best known. She exhibited at the California Building at the World Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, at the San Francisco Art Association 1893-1898, and at the California International Mid-Winter Exhibition in 1894. She exhibited in Washington, D.C. by 1910 when she showed her work at the Society of Washington Artists of which she was a member. She was also a charter member of the Arts Club of Washington, and a member of the Washington Watercolor Club, San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Sketch Club, and Laguna Beach Art Association. According to San Francisco's Sunset Magazine, Volume XII, November 1903 to April 1904, she was one time president of the San Francisco Sketch Club, successful in New York with her portrait work, and head of the Art Department in the National Cathedral School. One of President Roosevelt's daughters was her student. Lola's work is part of the collections of several Washington, D.C. museums and institutions. Marble busts by her are held by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Constitution Hall, and the Cathedral Foundation.
(An image from one of her 1931 paintings showing her signature is shown with the images.)
American Philatelic Society dealer member
American Numismatic Association life member
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