Washington
Date1834
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
James Barton Longacre
(American, 1794 - 1869)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 10 1/16 in. x 6 15/16 in. (25.56 cm x 17.62 cm)
Other (Platemark H x W): 9 3/16 in. x 5 7/8 in. (23.34 cm x 14.92 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 4 1/4 in. x 3 3/8 in. (10.8 cm x 8.57 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-37
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a sawtooth edge ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled black background with a highlight directly behind him. Published in James
Herring and James Barton Longacre, The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry Perkins, 1834.
), I: x.Baker 280, Hart 421b
Published ReferencesCharles Henry Hart and Samuel Arlent Edwards, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1904), 191.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 144.
MarkingsPrinted in block scrpit below image centered: "Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a painting by G. Stuart."
Printed in block script centered below image: "WASHINGTON."
Printed in cursive centered below image: "G Washington".
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c. 1790-1797
c. 1800
c. 1812
