Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams
Date1825-1829
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
David Edwin
(American, 1776 - 1832)
Maker
George Murray
(1766-1822)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject
John Adams
(American, 1735 - 1826)
Subject
James Monroe
(American, 1758 - 1831)
Subject
James Madison
(American, 1751 - 1836)
Subject
Thomas Jefferson
(American, 1743 - 1826)
Subject
John Quincy Adams
(American, 1767 - 1848)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 5/16 in. x 5 1/8 in. (21.11 cm x 13.02 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 6 7/16 in. x 4 in. (16.35 cm x 10.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-39
DescriptionGroup of oval portraits of the first six presidents. George Washington is at the top, and below are John Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Behind the portraits is a podium with draped ribbons and flowers carved into it, on top of which is a stack of books, an open book, quill and inkwell and a snake bearing its fangs.Hart 598a
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), 252.
Charles R. Hildeburn, A Contribution to a Catalogue of the Engraved Works of David Edwin (Philadelphia, PA: [Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania], 1894), 23-24.
MarkingsPrinted below image in cursive script: "Washington/Adams Madison Jefferson/Monroe Adams".
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February 30, 1812
c. 1870
1858-1860
c. 1800-1900
1812-1813
c. 1814
