George Washington
Date1788-1816
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Maker
Reinier Vinkeles
(1741-1816)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 15/16 in. x 9 7/8 in. (30.32 cm x 25.08 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 6 13/16 in. x 4 in. (17.3 cm x 10.16 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 5 in. x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 cm x 8.89 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-73
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington set within a rectangular frame within an interior scene. He is facing left and is wearing a military uniform. The portrait is set in a frame on a wall above a pedestal. To the left, a curtain is draped across a corner of the frame. Set on the pedestal is a Dutch hat, a cylindrical case or baton, and some foliage. On the ground, to the right of the pedestal, is a laurel wreath and a sword.Baker 39, Hart, 56a
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), 29.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 31.
MarkingsPrinted below image on left side in cursive script: "Rein Vinkeles sculp. naer een Orrigeneel Schilderye."
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