General George Washington
Datec. 1810
Engraver
David Edwin
(American, 1776 - 1832)
After
Rembrandt Peale
(American, 1778 - 1860)
Printer
H. Charles
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; stipple engraving, aquatint.
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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April 1, 1800
April 1, 1830
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