George Washington, Prasident der vereinigten Staaten von America
Date1805
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
F. Rosmaster
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
Germany
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 in. × 9 1/2 in. (30.48 cm × 24.13 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 7 11/16 in. × 4 1/2 in. (19.53 cm × 11.43 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 5 7/16 in. × 4 1/16 in. (13.81 cm × 10.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-52
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 John
Marshall, Georg Washington's Obergenerals der Amerikanischen Truppen Wahrend des Krieges fur die Unabhangigkeit seines Vaterlandes, und Ersten Prasidenten der Vereinigten Staaten, Lebensbeschreibung (Hamburg: Campe, 1805
), i.Baker 317, Hart 330
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), 157.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 154.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in cursive script: "Rosmaster sculp."
Printed below image centered in cursive script: "George Washington/Prasident der Vereinigten von America".
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