George Washington General and Commander in Chief of the American Revolutionary Army and first president of the United States
Date1807
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
David Edwin
(American, 1776 - 1832)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 1/2 in. x 4 11/16 in. (21.59 cm x 11.91 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 4 in. x 3 5/16 in. (10.16 cm x 8.41 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-41
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 grey background. Published in Aaron
Bancroft, An Essay on the Life of George Washington (Worcester, MA: Printed by Thomas & Sturtevant, Sold by Thomas and Andrews, 1807), i.
Baker 212, Hart 508
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), 221.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 126.
MarkingsPrinted below image on the right in cursive script: "Edwin sc."
Printed below image centered in block script: "George Washington".
Printed below image centered in cursive script: "General and Commander in chief of the/ American Revolutionary Army and first/President of the United States."
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March 1791
c. 1814
1801