Geoe. Washington Esqr. late President and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America

Status

Not on view

Date1800-1825

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker K. Mackenzie

Publisher G. Cawthorn

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 1/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (28.26 cm x 20.64 cm) Other (Plate H x W): 6 1/2 in. × 4 1/2 in. (16.51 cm × 11.43 cm) Other (Image H x W): 4 1/4 in. x 3 in. (10.8 cm x 7.62 cm)

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

Object numberSC-54

DescriptionOval image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, facing right, 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 284, Hart 261
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), 127.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 146.

MarkingsPrinted below image centered in italic script: "Engraved by K. MacKenzie from an Original Picture." Printed below image centered in block script: "Geoe. Washington Esqr." Printed below image centered in cursive script: "late President & Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America." Printed below image centered in italic script: "London Published by G Cawthorn, British Library 152 Strand."

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