General Washington
DateMay 10, 1783
After
Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere
(1737-1784)
Maker
Burnet Reading
(1749-1838)
Publisher
William Richardson
(English, active c. 1812)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 6 3/16 in. x 4 11/16 in. (15.72 cm x 11.91 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 2 3/4 in. x 2 3/8 in. (6.99 cm x 6.03 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-86
DescriptionOval image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, shown in profile facing right, wearing a military uniform,and with his hair tied back with a ribbon. He is set against a stippled background.Baker 68, Hart 76
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), 40.
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.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in block print: "General Washington."
Printed below image centered in cursive script: Drawn from the Life by Du Simetiere in Philadelphia".
Printed below image centered in cursive script: "Publish'd May 10th 1783 by Wm. Richardson No 174 Strand".
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