Geo. Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1809

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker David Edwin (American, 1776 - 1832)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 7 9/16 in. x 4 5/8 in. (19.21 cm x 11.75 cm) Other (Image H x W): 6 3/8 in. x 3 13/16 in. (16.19 cm x 9.68 cm)

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

Object numberSC-62

DescriptionFull 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 dark stippled background. Above the portrait is an eagle holding a wreath on its beak and ten stars above its head. To the sides are flags and olive branches, and below the portrait are cannons, swords and ammunition.

Baker 385, Hart 267
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), 129.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 177.

MarkingsPrinted in image centered in block script: "Geo. Washington." Printed below image centered in italic script: "Edwin sc."

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