Washington
Date1816
After
Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere
(1737-1784)
Maker
Jean Adam
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
France
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 6 in. x 3 5/8 in. (15.24 cm x 9.21 cm)
Other (image H x W): 5 1/16 in. x 3 1/2 in. (12.86 cm x 8.89 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-82
DescriptionCircular image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a military uniform 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. Published in Francois Barbe-Marbois, Complot d'Arnold et de Henry Clinton contre Les Etats-Unis D'Ameriqu et Le General Washington (Paris: Delaunay, 1831), i.Baker 63, Hart 70
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), 37.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 40-41.
MarkingsEngraved below portrait centered in block text: "Washington".
Printed below image on left in cursive script: "Dessiné d'après Nature par Du Simitier à Philadelphie."
Printed below image on right in cursive script: "Gravé par Adam."
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1781-1798
1781-1786
