G. Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1799-1805

Engraver Thomas Clarke (active ca. 1797 - 1801)

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Publisher W. Spotswood

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 5 5/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (14.29 cm x 9.53 cm) Other (Image H x W): 2 5/8 in. x 2 5/16 in. (6.67 cm x 5.87 cm)

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

Object numberSC-33

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington set in a circular frame, which is then set within a rectangular brickwork background. He is facing left, and he is wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a sawtooth edge ribbon tying back his hair.

Baker 195, Hart 280
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), 135.

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 directly below image: "TC Clarke Nc." Printed below image centered in curve of frame in block print: "G. WASHINGTON". Printed below image centered in curve of frame in block print: "Who departed this life Dec. 14. 1799 aged 68. Printed below image centered in curve of frame in block print: "Sold by W. Spotswood."

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