George Washington, Esquier.
Date1775-1780
Attribution
Alexander Campbell
Publisher
Thomas Hart
(English, active c. 1775 - 1780)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Retailed -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 9 1/4 in. × 6 5/8 in. (23.5 cm × 16.83 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 8 in. × 6 3/16 in. (20.32 cm × 15.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-14
DescriptionThis print is an oval full-length portrait of George Washington in military dress. Published ReferencesWendy Wick, George Washington: An American Icon, (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1982), 18-22.
Charles Henry Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1904), 312.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington, (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 35.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "peint par Alexander Campbell a Williamsbourg en Virginie / George Washington, Esquier / Général et Comendeur en Chef d’Armée des XIII Provinces / unies en Amerique / Se vend a Londres Chez Thom. Hart."
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July 15, 1784
