George Washington
Date1800
Engraver
Cornelius Tiebout
(American, 1773 - 1832)
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Publisher
Cornelius Tiebout
(American, 1773 - 1832)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; stipple engraving.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 5/8 in. × 9 5/16 in. (32.07 cm × 23.65 cm)
Plate (H x W): 11 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. (29.21 cm x 18.42 cm)
Image ( H x W): 8 13/16 in. × 6 13/16 in. (22.38 cm × 17.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-6
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington facing left and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled grey background.Published ReferencesWendy C. Wick, George Washington: Am American Icon: The Eighteenth-Century Graphic Portraits (Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1982), 136-137.
Charles Henry Hart and Samuel Arlent Edwards, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1904), 203-204.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 160.
MarkingsPrinted below image on left in cursive script: "Painted by G. Stuart".
Printed below image on right in cursive script: "Engraved by C. Tiebout".
Printed below image centered in block script: "George Washington.".
Printed below image centered in italic script: "Published by C. Tiebout No. 28 Gold Street New York. January 8th 1800".
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