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General George Washington

General George Washington,
Rembrandt Peale (After), 
David Edwin (Maker), 
H. Charles (Print ...
General George Washington
General George Washington,
Rembrandt Peale (After), 
David Edwin (Maker), 
H. Charles (Print ...
General George Washington, Rembrandt Peale (After), David Edwin (Maker), H. Charles (Printer), Henry Schenck Tanner (Publisher), 1800, Ink on paper; stipple engraving
Status
Not on view
Datec. 1810
Engraver (American, 1776 - 1832)
After (American, 1778 - 1860)
Subject (American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography Made - United States
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 13 3/16 in. × 10 1/2 in. (33.5 cm × 26.67 cm) Plate (H x W): 12 7/8 in. x 10 in. (32.7 cm x 25.4 cm) Image (H x W): 11 1/4 in. × 9 in. (28.58 cm × 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-8
DescriptionBust 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: An American Icon: The Eighteenth-Century Graphic Portraits, (Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1982), 154-155.

David McNeely Stauffer, American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel, (New York: The Grolier Club, 1907).

Charles Henry Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington, (New York: Grolier Club, 1904), 294.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters, (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 21.




MarkingsPrinted below image on left in italic script: "R Peale Pinxt". Printed below image centered in italic script: "Printed in Colours by H. Charles". Printed below image on right in italic script: "D. Edwin Sculpt". Printed below image centered in block script: "General George Washington". Printed below image centered in italic script: "Published by H.S. Tanner; Philadelphia.".
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