Washington Delivering His Inaugural Address
Date1849
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Engraver
Henry Samuel Sadd
(English, 1835 - 1884)
Publisher/Publishing house
John Neale
(American, active c.1848 - 1906)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored engraving
DimensionsOverall (Image): 28 in. x 22 in. (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas and Sylvia Church, 1994
Object numberPrint-4287/RP-631
DescriptionThis print depicts George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of Congress in the Old City Hall of New York.Published ReferencesStanley V. Henkels, The Hampton L. Carson Collection of Engraved Portraits of Gen. George Washington, (Philadelphia: WM. F. Fell Company, 1904), 167.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Painting by T. H. Matteson".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Engraved on steel by H. S. Sadd".
Printed in ink below the image: "Washington Delivering His Inaugural Address / April 1789, In The Old City Hall, New-York. / From the original Picture Painted Espressly for the Engraving. / Published by John Neale. 56 Carmine Street, New York. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by John Neale in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York".
Printed in ink on the bottom-left corner of the print sheet: "Proof".
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c. 1859
