G. Washington
Date1856
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Maker
John B. Forrest
(1814-1870)
Publisher
G. P. Putnam & Co.
(American, founded 1838)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 1/16 in. x 9 5/16 in. (30.64 cm x 23.65 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 4 1/2 in. x 3 3/4 in. (11.43 cm x 9.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-80
DescriptionHalf length portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a military uniform. His hand in his waistcoat, and he wears a sash over his left shoulder, a gorget, and a tricorn hat with a large cockade. He is holding a musket with his left hand behind his back and the hilt of a sword is visible at his left hip. Published in Washington
Irving, Life of George Washington, (New York, NY: G. P. Putnam &, 1857), I:i.Baker 11, Hart 13
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), 9.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 21.
MarkingsPrinted below image on left side in block script: "C. W. Peale."
Printed below image centered in block script: "Original in Possession of G. W. Custis Esq."
Printed below image on right side in block script: "J. B. Forrest."
Printed below image centered in handwritten cursive script: "Go. Washington".
Printed below image on right side in italic script: "1772 AEt. 40."
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c. 1870
c. 1850-1865
