Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1812

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker Abner Reed (1771 - 1866)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 4 5/8 in. x 1 3/16 in. (11.75 cm x 3.02 cm) Other (Image H x W): 2 5/8 in. x 1 7/16 in. (6.67 cm x 3.65 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985

Object numberSC-32/C

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 and grey background modeled to look like a cloud. Above is a flying angel, a representation of Fame, holding a trumpet to its lips in one hand and laying a wreath on Washington's head with the other.

Baker 308, Hart 561

Published References 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), 238.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 151.

MarkingsPrinted above image centered in block print: "PRO PATRIA". Printed directly below image in script: A.Reed sc. E.W. Con." Printed below image centered in block print: "WASHINGTON". Printed below image centered in italic print: "BENEVOLENT SOCIETY".

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