George Washington
Date1801
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
John Scoles
(1775?-1844)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 1/4 in. x 4 13/16 in. (20.96 cm x 12.22 cm)
Other (Platemark H x W): 5 3/8 in. x 3 5/8 in. (13.65 cm x 9.21 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 2 11/16 in. x 2 1/8 in. (6.83 cm x 5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-38
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled black background. Published in James
Hardie, The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit (New York, New York: Printed for Thomas Kirk, 1801.
) I:i.Baker 329, Hart 446
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), 200.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 157.
MarkingsPrinted in italic script centered below image: "Scoles sculp."
Printed in block script centered below image: "GEORGE WASHINGTON."
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1834
1800-1830s
1812-1813
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