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George Washington Inaugurated President 1789

George Washington Inaugurated President 1789,
Gilbert Stuart (After),
Asaph Willard (Maker),
 ...
George Washington Inaugurated President 1789
George Washington Inaugurated President 1789,
Gilbert Stuart (After),
Asaph Willard (Maker),
 ...
George Washington Inaugurated President 1789, Gilbert Stuart (After), Asaph Willard (Maker), 1823, Ink on paper; stipple engraving
Status
Not on view
Date1823
After (American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker (1786-1880)
Subject (American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography Made - United States
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 6 7/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (17.46 cm x 9.84 cm) Other (Image H x W): 2 1/2 in. x 2 3/8 in. (6.35 cm x 6.03 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-93
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a sawtooth edge ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled grey background. Published in Charles A. Goodrich, A History of the United States of America (3rd ed. Hartford, CT: Barber & Robinson, 1824), 260-261.

Baker 352, Hart 465
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), 207.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 162.
MarkingsPrinted above image centered in block and italic script: "History/of the/United States". Printed below image right side in italic text: "A. Willard". Printed below image centered in block script: "George Washington/Inaugurated President/1789". Printed below image centered in block script: "Hartford/Published for Subscribers/1823".
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