General George Washington
Date1776-1819
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Maker
Gottlob August Liebe
(1746-1819)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
Germany
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 5 9/16 in. x 3 5/16 in. (14.13 cm x 8.41 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 5 13/16 in. x 3 7/16 in. (14.76 cm x 8.73 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-76
DescriptionOval image of a full bust portrait of George Washington set on a pedestal with Washington’s name and title on it. Washington is facing left and is wearing a military uniform with a sash across his chest and a gorget below his neck. Above the portrait hangs a garland of laurels tied with a bow at the center.Baker 55, Hart 741
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), 314.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 36.
MarkingsPrinted below image: Genl. George Washington
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February 30, 1812
