George Washington
Date1800
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Engraver
Cornelius Tiebout
(American, 1773 - 1832)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving.
DimensionsImage (H x W): 3 1/4 in. x 2 9/16 in. (8.26 cm x 6.51 cm)
Overall (H x W): 5 15/16 in. x 3 3/8 in. (15.08 cm x 8.57 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-43
DescriptionThis print is a 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 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), 204.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 160.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in italic script: " G. Stuart Del. C. Tiebout Sculp."
Printed below image centered in block print: "George Washington."
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