Washington
Date1797
Maker
Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere
(1737-1784)
Maker
Unknown
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
Germany
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/16 in. (6.35 cm x 5.24 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 2 1/16 in. x 1 9/16 in. (5.24 cm x 3.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-87
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, shown in profile facing right, wearing a military uniform, and a ribbon tying back his hair. Published in Heinrich August Ottokar
Reichard, Revolutions-Almanach von 1797 (Gottingen: Johann Christian Dietrich, 1794), 180-181.Baker 71, Hart 83
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), 42.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 43.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in block script: "Washington."
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1781-1786
1795
May 10, 1783
1781
