G. Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1814

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker Unknown

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 5 9/16 in. x 3 9/16 in. (14.13 cm x 9.05 cm) Other (Image H x W): 4 11/16 in. x 3 3/16 in. (11.91 cm x 8.1 cm)

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

Object numberSC-53

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, with a diagonal shadow in the top left corner of the image. Published in M. L. Weems, The Life of George Washington with Curious Anecdotes, Equaly Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to his Young Countrymen (Philadelphia, PA: Mathew Carey, 1814), iv.

Hart 474

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), 210.

MarkingsPrinted below image centered in block print: "G Washington."

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