General Washington

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Date1787

After Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741 - 1827)

Maker James Trenchard

Publisher Columbian Magazine (American)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 7 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (19.37 cm x 11.75 cm) Other (Image H x W): 6 1/16 in. x 3 11/16 in. (15.4 cm x 9.37 cm)

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

Object numberSC-74

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, set in a frame with rectangular brickwork behind. Washington is facing to the right and is wearing a military uniform, with a sash across his chest. Above the portrait is a laurel wreath with two laurel branches on either side of the frame. Below, is a shield with Washington's coat of arms in front of a tablet with "General Washington" inscribed on it. The shield has three stars and two horizontal stripes on it. Laurels are draped above it and a crown is mounted on its middle peak. Below the shield is a ribbon with the Latin motto "EXITUS ACTA PROBAT" on it.

Baker 37, Hart 839
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), 353-534.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 30.

MarkingsPrinted above image right side in cursive script: "Columb. Mag." Engraved below portrait in block text: "General Washington." Engraved below portrait on ribbon in block text: "EXITUS ACTA PROBAT". Printed below image on right side in cursive script: "J. Trenchard Scpt."

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