George Washington
Date1810-1858
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
Pierre Francois Bertonnier
(1791-1858)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
France
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 13 1/16 in. x 10 in. (33.18 cm x 25.4 cm)
Overall (Sheet H x W): 9 3/8 in. x 6 7/16 in. (23.81 cm x 16.35 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 2 1/4 in. x 1 3/4 in. (5.72 cm x 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-35
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing right, and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair.Baker 184, Hart 500d
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), 217-218.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 119.
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April 1, 1830
1798-1820
1805-1815
