George Washington
Date1805-1815
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
Ludwig Portman
(1772-1828)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (with backing H x W): 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm)
Overall (print only H x W): 7 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (18.42 cm x 14.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-56
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.Baker 306, Hart 329b
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), 151.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in cursive script: "L. Portman Sc."
Printed below image centered in block print: "George Washington."
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April 1, 1830
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