George Washington Esqr.
Date1800-1804
After
Edward Savage
(American, 1761 - 1817)
Maker
William Hamlin
(1772-1869)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, mezzotint
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 9 3/4 in. x 7 7/8 in. (24.77 cm x 20 cm)
Other (Plate H x W): 8 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (20.96 cm x 14.92 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 7 1/4 in. x 5 5/8 in. (18.42 cm x 14.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-89
DescriptionThree-quarter portrait of George Washington, shown seated and facing to the left. Washington is wearing a black coat and breeches, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair. Behind him, a curtain is drawn back to reveal a distant landscape and a column. On the table in front of him lay the plans for Washington, D. C. and a hat.Restrike. Baker 124, Hart 231
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), 109.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 79.
MarkingsPrinted below image on left in block script: "E. Savage pinx et".
Printed below image on right in block script: "Wm Hamlin. Sculp. Providence."
Printed below image centered in cursive script: "George Washington Esqr."
Printed below image centered in block script: "Obt, Decbr, 14th, 1799, AE 68".
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1845-1855
c. 1870
c. 1850-1865
c. 1850
1796-1874
1800-1900
c. 1791
