S. E. George Washington
Date1781-1798
After
Jean-Baptiste Le Paon
(French, 1736/1738 - 1785)
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Maker
Unknown
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
France
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 13 15/16 in. x 10 1/2 in. (35.4 cm x 26.67 cm)
Other (Plate H x W): 11 1/8 in. x 8 in. (28.26 cm x 20.32 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 10 1/4 in. x 7 in. (26.04 cm x 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-71
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington set in a porthole frame. Washington is wearing a military uniform with his gloved right hand in the breast of his waistcoat. He is set against a grey background.The portrait is depicted as on a pedestal with "S. E. George Washington" and his title in French "Général en Chef des Armées des Etats Unis de l'Amérique" engraved on it.
Baker 18, Hart 39
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), 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), 23.
MarkingsEngraved below image centered in block text: "S.E. George Washington."
Engraved below image centered in cursive text: "Général en Chef des Armées des Etats Unis de l'Amérique".
Printed below image on the left in italic script: "Le B. Pinx."
Printed below image on the right in italic script: "J. L. Sculp."
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1816
September 23, 1785
c. 1780-1790
c. 1850-1865
1776-1819