Washington

Status

Not on view

Datec. 1812

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker William Satchwell Leney (1769-1831)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 7/16 in. x 5 5/16 in. (21.43 cm x 13.49 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 1/2 in. x 2 13/16 in. (8.89 cm x 7.14 cm)

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

Object numberSC-45

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.

Baker 275, Hart 413a
Published ReferencesTHESE ARE BOTH FOR ENTRIES THAT HAVE THE SAME IMAGE BUT ARE A DIFFERENT STATE THEN WHAT IS IN THE COLLECTION.

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), 187.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 143.

MarkingsPrinted below image on left in italic scrit: "Stuart pinxt." Printed below image on right in italic script: "Leney fct." Printed below image centered in block script: "Washington."

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