George Washington
Date1800-1805
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
William Woolley
Publisher
Shakespeare Gallery
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 in. × 10 1/16 in. (30.48 cm × 25.56 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 9 1/16 in. × 6 15/16 in. (23.02 cm × 17.62 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 7 1/16 in. x 5 5/8 in. (17.94 cm x 14.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-61
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 354, Hart 467a
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), 207-208.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 163.
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April 1, 1830
1798-1820
1805-1815
1812-1813
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