GEN. WASHINGTON

Status

Not on view

DateSeptember 23, 1785

After Jean-Baptiste Le Paon (French, 1736/1738 - 1785)

After Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741 - 1827)

Maker William Angus (1752-1821)

Publisher J. Fielding

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 7 5/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (19.37 cm x 11.43 cm) Other (Image H x W): 5 7/16 in. x 3 5/16 in. (13.81 cm x 8.41 cm)

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

Object numberSC-67

DescriptionCircular image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, set within a porthole surrounded by brickwork. He is wearing a military uniform, with the coat open, and his gloved right hand is thrust in the breast of his waistcoat. Below is a plaque with Washington’s name engraved on it. Published in John Andrews, History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland: Commencing in 1775 and Ending in 1783 (London: John Fielding and John Jarvis,1785), 1: 354-355.

Baker 3, Hart 38
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), 21-22.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 19.

MarkingsPrinted below image: “GEN. WASHINGTON,/Commander in Chief/of the AMERICAN ARMY./W (m) Angus Sc./Published Sep (r) 23 in 1785, by J. Fielding, Paternoster Row.”

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