George Washington
Date1826
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
David Claypoole Johnston
(1798-1865)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 5 11/16 in. x 3 5/16 in. (14.45 cm x 8.41 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 3 in. x 2 1/2 in. (7.62 cm x 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-46
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, The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, through the Revolutionary War and the First President of the United States (Boston, MA: T. Bedington, 1826), i.
Baker 266, Hart 513
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), 222.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 140.
MarkingsPrinted below image on right: "D. C. Johnson Sc."
Printed below image centered in block script: "George Washington."
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