George Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1798-1820

Engraver Alexander Lawson (American, 1772 - 1846)

After John James Barralet (British, 1747 - 1815)

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Publisher Conrad and Company

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 9 1/4 in. x 5 5/8 in. (23.5 cm x 14.29 cm) Other (Sheet H x W): 6 11/16 in. x 4 3/16 in. (16.99 cm x 10.64 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 7/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (9.84 cm x 16.19 cm)

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

Object numberSC-48

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. Below the portait is a shelf with his name engraved on it. Sitting on this shelf is a sword and helmet with some leaves framing the portrait at the bottom.

Baker 273, Hart 409a
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), 185-186.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 142-143.

MarkingsEngraved in image below portrait: "George Washington". Printed below image centered in italic script: "Publish'd by Conrad and C."

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