G. Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1781

After Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere (1737-1784)

Maker Benoît Louis Prévost (1744-1804)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - France

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 in. x 9 9/16 in. (30.48 cm x 24.29 cm) Other (Sheet H x W): 10 1/16 in. x 7 5/8 in. (25.56 cm x 19.37 cm) Other (Plate H x W): 7 in. x 5 1/8 in. (17.78 cm x 13.02 cm) Other (image H x W): 4 7/8 in. x 3 3/8 in. (12.38 cm x 8.57 cm)

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

Object numberSC-81

DescriptionCircular image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, shown in profile facing left, wearing a military uniform, and with his hair tied back with a ribbon. The portrait is set in a frame which hangs on a wall, with brickwork behind it. Below the portrait is a pedestal with Washington's name engraved on it.

Baker 67, Hart 68
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), 36.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 42.

MarkingsEngraved below portrait centered in cursive script: "G. Washington." Printed below image on left in cursive and block script: "Drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia." Printed below image on right in cursive and block script: " Engraved by B. L. Prevost at Paris." Printed below image in right corner in italic script: "No. 1".

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