His Excellency George Washington Esq Captain General of all the American Forces
Date1780
Maker
Unknown
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 7/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (30.16 cm x 24.45 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 7 13/16 in. x 4 13/16 in. (19.84 cm x 12.22 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 6 11/16 in. x 4 1/16 in. (16.99 cm x 10.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-100
DescriptionFull length portrait of George Washington, set in a landscape, with a commander's marquee and soldier's tents in the background, with birds flying above them. Washington is wearing a military uniform with a single epaulet, a gorget, a sash across his chest, and a sash at his waist. A sword, presumably hung from his left hip, is visible behind his right leg and he is wearing a tricorn hat. In his right hand he is holding out a baton or spyglass, as if pointing at somthing out of frame, while his left hand rests on the muzzle of a cannon. Published in An Impartial History of the War in America, Between Great Britain and her Colonies, from its Commencement to the end of the Year 1779 (London: Printed for R. Faulder, New Bond Street, 1780), 220-221.Baker 418, Hart 760
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), 321.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 197.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in cursive print: "His Excellency George Washington Esq Captain General of all the American Forces".
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1856
c. 1789-1790
1789-1797
1793-1797
