George Washington
Date1781-1786
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Maker
Halder
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 13 3/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (33.97 cm x 26.35 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 4 1/2 in. x 4 1/16 in. (11.43 cm x 10.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-69
DescriptionOval image of a full bust portrait of George Washington wearing a military uniform with a sash across his chest. Published in Johann Caspar
Lavater, Essai sur La Physiognomonie, Destine a Faire Connoitre L'Homme et Le Faire Aimer (The Hague, Neatherlands, 1781), 357.Baker 13, Hart 49
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), 26-27.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 22.
MarkingsPrinted above image in block script: The French text from the book this was removed from.
Printed below image in italic script: "Halder sculp."
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1797
c. 1709
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