“Woodend Sanctuary”
Home of the Audubon Naturalist Society, Woodend is a historic grand old Georgian Revival estate on a 40-acre property near Rock Creek in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland. Designed by John Russell Pope in the 1920’s for Captain and Mrs. Chester Wells. The Wells Family gave the mansion and property to the Audubon Naturalist Society in 1968.
Color slide photograph; 1975
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $75
Album Name: Montgomery County Maryland
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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“Smash Records”
“Smash Records” – 3285 & 1/2 M Street NW, Washington, DC
This punk rock haven – established in 1984 – perhaps was the last record store in Georgetown.
Color slide photograph; 1984
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $75
Album Name: Georgetown – Washington DC
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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“Hungerford’s Tavern – Rockville Maryland”
In 1774 a group of American colonial landowners met at Hungerford’s Tavern (now Rockville, Maryland) to protest British’s closing of Boston’s harbor. They resolved to boycott trade with Great Britain until the blockade was lifted, and sent delegates to what would become the First Continental Congress.
Inset – Montgomery County Map; 1976
Album Name: Map Maker
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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“Carol Stuart Watson – National Capital Illustrator”
Lecture presented at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library Peabody Room on June 13, 2015.
Album Name: Nations Capital Illustrator
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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“Mrs. Butterworth à Français”
Carol Stuart Watson painted Mrs. Butterworth Centerpieces to match her French Henriot Quimper chinaware.
Color slide photograph; 1978
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $75
Album Name: 1251 Derbyshire Road
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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“Miss Juliana Willoughby”
Here’s Carol Stuart Watson dressed up as Miss Juliana Willoughby (from the painting by George Romney) for an Arts Club of Washington DC Artists’ Ball.
Color slide photograph; 1956
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $75
Album Name: Candid Photography
Carol Stuart Watson ©
Facebook album link:
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“The Lincoln Memorial in Spring”
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration; 1972
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Album Name: Washington – District of Columbia
Carol Stuart Watson ©
Facebook album link:
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“Hessian Jugs – Stuart Family Heirlooms”
Hessian soldiers, who were fighting on the British side, left behind these Revolutionary war era German wine jugs.
Original Watercolor Painting; 1980
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Album Name: 4300 East West Highway – Bethesda, Maryland
Carol Stuart Watson ©
Facebook album link:
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“Dandelions and Kittens”
A young girl in a Victorian age yellow smock dress, embracing three kittens; …two black and one white. Another black kitten is in a yellow basket below. It’s spring and dandelions are blooming.
Oil on Canvas; 1984
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $800
Album Name: Fine Art & Portraiture
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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“The 3rd Maryland Rallies to The Cause”
The 3rd Maryland Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; commanded by General Mordecai Gist. With more than 700 soldiers, it was part of The Maryland Old Line, and served from 1776 to 1783, including at such engagements as the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Camden (1780), and Yorktown (1781).
“Montgomery County 1776”
Commissioned Illustrated Book Publication; Published in 1975
Facebook album link: Montgomery County Maryland
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Mount Vernon Postcard
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration; 1976
Alexandria & Mount Vernon
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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After the Opera
“After the Opera”
“Thanks; …it was great!”
A personalized thank you note sent after a night at the opera: “Lucia di Lammermoor”. Happily, Carol understated the blood-spattering on Lucia’s white dress; …just some crimson ‘tingeing’ under the arm.
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration; 1985
Cards, Cartoons, and Other Whimsy
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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George Washington’s Headquarters
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration
Frederick Maryland – Family Roots
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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After Monet
“After Monet – A Family Garden Party”
Oil on Canvas; 1976
Fine Art & Portraiture
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Marjorie
Watercolor on paper
Fine Art & Portraiture
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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National Art Gallery
National Art Gallery
Washington DC
Oil on Canvas; 1984
Fine Art & Portraiture
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Bringing Baby Home
“Bringing Baby Home – Frederick Memorial Hospital”
Original Watercolor Painting; 1966
The family in the foreground are leaving the hospital with a new baby boy (note the blue bundle); while two of their attending nurses oversee the departure. This painting was commissioned as a gift to Frederick pediatrician Dr. Fred Heldrich.
Frederick Maryland – Family Roots
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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My Red Balloon
“My Red Balloon – On Market Street; Frederick Maryland”
Original Watercolor Painting; 1966
This painting was commissioned as a gift to Frederick pediatrician Dr. Fred Heldrich.
Frederick Maryland – Family Roots
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Cross Country Ski Kid
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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1960s Christmas Doll House
Christmas Doll Houses Through The Years
…for a concept book; never published
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration
Dolls & Doll Houses
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Bunny Ice Hockey
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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A Long Winter’s Night
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Stop Moving – Panda!
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Gingham Dog and Calico Cat Bedtime
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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London Bridge Mistletoe
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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You Have to Wait!
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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I’ll Read You a Story
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Square Dancing Bears Quilt
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Christmas & Holidays
Carol Stuart Watson ©
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Carol Stuart Watson as Eliza Doolittle
Carol Stuart Watson as Eliza Doolittle
Color photograph
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed print): $75
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1067246719956939.1073741828.183731101641843&type=3
Carol Stuart Watson with Piccadilly
Carol Stuart Watson with Piccadilly
Working on the book “Flower Fables”
In her kitchen at Derbyshire Road, Rockville, Maryland.
Color photograph
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed print): $75
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1067246719956939.1073741828.183731101641843&type=3
Rockville Train Station
Carol Stuart Watson; Montgomery County
“Rockville Train Station”
Rockville, Maryland
Color photograph
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed print): $75
Annapolis Yacht Yard
Carol Stuart Watson; 140 Candid Photography
Carol Stuart Watson; Annapolis
“Annapolis Yacht Yard”
Eastport, Annapolis, located on Spa Creek, John Trumpy designed yacht.
Color photograph
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed print): $75
Old Towne Alexandria Waterfront
Carol Stuart Watson; 015 Alexandria & Mount Vernon
Old Towne Alexandria Waterfront
Watercolor on paper
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1067314506616827.1073741830.183731101641843&type=3
The United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC
Carol Stuart Watson; Washington
“The United States Capitol Building; Washington, DC”
Color photograph; March, 1972
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed print): $75
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1067320316616246.1073741831.183731101641843&type=3
The Best Farm – Frederick Maryland
The Best Farm – Frederick Maryland
Carol Stuart Watson; 025 Frederick Maryland
The Best Farm near the Monocacy
…an unfinished oil painting
…Carol was going to finish it, and put dairy cows in it, but never got to it.
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $800
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068670059814605.1073741832.183731101641843&type=3
Family Affairs
Carol Stuart Watson; 026 Family Affairs
Painting of Carol’s Children: David, Marjorie, David (left) and John (right); …and their cat Kitzel, which means “tickle” in German.
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $800
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068673753147569.1073741833.183731101641843&type=3
Carriage Trade Publications
Carol Stuart Watson; 035 Carriage Trade Publications
Sketch of Carol Stuart Watson drawn by her Applied Physics Lab colleague.
There are lots of fun comments in there; loose belt, foot out of her shoe, nylon stocking hanging from drawer, empty coke cans and coffee mug/carafe; …flailing paint brush; …research books and papers all over the place. Note that there is no computer.
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $600
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068686883146256.1073741836.183731101641843&type=3
Dining & Shopping in Washington
Carol Stuart Watson; 038 Dining & Shopping in Washington
The Carriage Trade Restaurant and Shopping Guides
These annual reviews and advertising guidebooks were distributed through all the participating client’s shops
Valuation (2015 estimate; publication): $15
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068691846479093.1073741837.183731101641843&type=3
Montgomery County Maryland Bicentennial Map
Carol Stuart Watson; 040 Map Maker
Montgomery County Maryland Bicentennial Map – 1776-1976
Large format color print (44” wide x 34” tall)
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed print): $500
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068699589811652.1073741838.183731101641843&type=3
Nantucket Sleigh-Ride #1
Carol Stuart Watson; 050 Muralist
Nantucket Sleigh-Ride #1
First of two paneled murals Carol painted for
Jonah and the Whale Seafood Buffet
26th Street and the Boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland
Oil on Canvas Panels
Valuation (2015 estimate): $20,000
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068707969810814.1073741840.183731101641843&type=3
After Seurat
Carol Stuart Watson; 055 Fine Art & Portraiture
“After Seurat”
Oil on canvas
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $800
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068713119810299.1073741841.183731101641843&type=3
The Separation of Children and Byzantine Art
Carol Stuart Watson; 060 Mixed Musings
“The Separation of Children and Byzantine Art”
Gouache on paper
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068715499810061.1073741842.183731101641843&type=3
Governor Marvin Mandel in the Spotlight
Carol Stuart Watson; 070 Marvin Mandel Trial Artist
“Governor Marvin Mandel in the Spotlight”; 1975
A year into Marvin Mandel’s second term, mail fraud and racketeering indictments were handed up against him and five other men.
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068718039809807.1073741843.183731101641843&type=3
Abolitionist John Brown
Carol Stuart Watson; 075 National Park Service – The History of Harpers Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown believed that the only way to bring down institutional slavery was through violent insurrection.
Pen & Ink & Watercolor Illustration
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068745523140392.1073741853.183731101641843&type=3
Maryland History – A Bicentennial Film
Carol Stuart Watson; 076 Maryland History – A Bicentennial Film
Illustration developed for an historical film for the Maryland Bicentennial
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068721513142793.1073741844.183731101641843&type=3
Friends of the National Zoo Panda Mug
Carol Stuart Watson; 080 Friends of the National Zoo
“Panda Mug”
Color photograph
Carol taped one of her illustrations on a plain white coffee mug and presented it to the Washington National Zoo as an idea they might like. They loved it; …offered her a commission or a straight fee. She took the straight fee (~ $600). It became a hit, selling in the tens of thousands
Valuation (2015 estimate; collectible): $25
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068757639805847.1073741854.183731101641843&type=3
Victorian Picnic by the Chesapeake Bay
Carol Stuart Watson; 100 Scientists Cliffs – Calvert County Maryland
“Victorian Picnic by the Chesapeake Bay”
Oil on canvas
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $800
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068726433142301.1073741847.183731101641843&type=3
Ruffles and Flourishes Bunny Brass and Lollipop Christmas Band!
Carol Stuart Watson; 120 A Christmas Carol
Ruffles and Flourishes Bunny Brass and Lollipop Christmas Band!
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration for a Christmas Card
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1068764156471862.1073741855.183731101641843&type=3
The Mouse King
Carol Stuart Watson; 121 A Christmas Romance; …The Nutcracker
“The Mouse King”
Huge and life-size Mice! They surround Clara. They are led by a Mouse King, this army dressed in green.
A scene from “A Christmas Romance; The Nutcracker”;
Peter Ilvich Tchaikowsky’s beautiful musical story set to pictures.
Pen & Ink & Watercolor/Gouache Illustration
Valuation (2015 estimate; framed original): $400
Facebook Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1091157840899160.1073741861.183731101641843&type=3
Carol Stuart Watson • August 14, 1931 - January 19, 1986 