Geo. Washington
Date1804
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
David Edwin
(American, 1776 - 1832)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 9/16 in. x 4 15/16 in. (21.75 cm x 12.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-30/B
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, set against a stippled black background with an ovoid spot of light behind him. He is wearing a black coat, a white cravat, a jabot, and a bow tying his hair back. Published in John
Marshall, The Life of Washington (London: T. Gillet, 1804).Baker 210, Hart 316
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), 169.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 125.
MarkingsPrinted below image in script: "D. Edwin sc."
Printed below image in block text: "Geo. Washington."
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