George Washington
Date1833
After
Benjamin Trott
(American, c. 1770 - 1843)
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
Charles Cushing Wright
(1790-1854)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 6 5/8 in. x 4 3/16 in. (16.83 cm x 10.64 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 3 1/16 in. x 2 1/2 in. (7.78 cm x 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-44
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 black and grey background. Published in Edwin
Williams, The Book of the Constitution . . . (New York, New York: Peter Hill, 1833), i.Baker 356, Hart 468
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), 208.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 163.
MarkingsPrinted under image centered in italic script: "Trott Del.t Wright Engraver N.Y."
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1812-1813
1834
