General Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1828

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker John Gadsby Chapman (American, 1808 - 1889)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, colored stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 1/16 in. x 8 9/16 in. (28.1 cm x 21.75 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 3/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (8.57 cm x 11.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985

Object numberSC-29

DescriptionOval, colored portrait of George Washington. He is depicted with rosy cheeks, wearing a military uniform that is green with gold piping, and an orange Society of the Cincinnati medal in the center of his chest. Published in John Wilkes, Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (London: Printed for the Proprietor by J. Adlard, 1828), 572-573.

Baker 193, Hart 689a.
Published ReferencesCharles Henry Hart and Samuel Arlent Edwards, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1904), 290.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 121.

MarkingsPrinted under the image centered: "General Washington." Printed under the other text centered: "Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis 1828". Lightly printed thoughout the sheet: in the background can be seen text from the Encyclopedia it was origonally published in.

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