George Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1835

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Maker William Chapin (American, 1801 - 1888)

Publisher James Webster

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, etching

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 3 1/2 in. x 3 in. (8.89 cm x 7.62 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 in. x 2 7/16 in. (7.62 cm x 6.19 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985

Object numberSC-110

DescriptionOval image of a full bust portrait of George Washington, facing to the left, wearing a black coat, a jabot, and a sawtooth edge ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a dark background. Published in William Chaplin and James Webster, Map of the United States (New York, NY: James Webster, 1835).

Hart 553
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), 234.

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