Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1800-1827

After Benjamin Trott (American, c. 1770 - 1843)

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker Gideon Fairman (American, 1774 - 1827)

Publisher Gideon Fairman (American, 1774 - 1827)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 3/4 in. x 8 5/8 in. (29.85 cm x 21.91 cm) Other (Platemark H x W): 10 in. x 5 7/8 in. (25.4 cm x 14.92 cm) Other (Image H x W): 5 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in. (13.97 cm x 10.8 cm)

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

Object numberSC-30/A

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, wearing a black coat, a white cravat, and a ribbon with a sawtooth edge tying back his hair.

Baker 221, Hart 372
Published References 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), 172.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 129.

MarkingsPrinted below image centered in block text: "Washington". Printed below image centered in block text: "Drawn by B. Trott from Stuart's picture". Printed below image centered in block text: "Engraved & published by G. Fairman."

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