George Washington
Date1823
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
M. M. Peabody
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 6 3/16 in. x 4 in. (15.72 cm x 10.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-36
DescriptionOval image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair. He appears to be looking up. He is set against a grey stippled background. Published in Charles
Prentiss and William Sullivan, History of the United States . . . (Keene, N.H.: Published by J. Prentiss, 1823), v.Baker 299, Hart 430a
Published ReferencesStan V. Henkels, The Hampton L. Carson Collection of Engraved Portraits of Gen. George Washington (Philadelphia, PA: [Press of W.F. Fell], 1904), 81.
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), 195.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 149.
MarkingsPrinted directly below image in script: "Peabody sc."
Printed below image centered in block print: "Geo. Washington".
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