Lot #22: Vintage Framed Historic Georgia Church Pen & Ink Art Signed Mary Cox 1981

1981 original architectural pen and ink illustration depicting the historic First Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge, Georgia. The artist, Mary Barber Cox, was a highly prominent figure in Bainbridge, Georgia. Her husband, Walter Cox, served as the Mayor of Bainbridge and later went on to serve eight terms as a Georgia State Representative. Because Mary Cox was Bainbridge's "First Lady" while her husband was mayor in the 1970s and 1980s, she began an annual local tradition of drawing historic southwest Georgia landmarks. Her pen-and-ink sketches were originally used for official community Christmas cards and were later adapted into a highly collectible series of annual commemorative holiday ornaments for the City of Bainbridge. Dimensions: 18” X 14.5” Pickup category timeslot {A}