Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1800-1880

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker Unknown

Publisher Menard & Desenne

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - France

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 10 15/16 in. x 7 1/4 in. (27.78 cm x 18.42 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 in. x 2 1/2 in. (7.62 cm x 6.35 cm)

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

Object numberSC-63

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington set within an oval with a rectangular plaque below. He is facing right, and is wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a dark stippled background. This is surrounded by a simple engraved frame of made of horizontal lines.

Baker 388, Hart 278b
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), 134.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 178.

MarkingsPrinted below image centered in block text: "Washington". Printed below image centered in italic text: "à Paris, Chez Ménard & Desenne, Rue-Gitle Coeur No. 8."

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