History Conducting Patriotism, Fortitude and Wisdom to the Temple of Fame
Date1807
After
Elkanah Tisdale, American
(1771-1835)
Maker
John Scoles
(1775?-1844)
Printer
James Reynolds
(c. 1736-1794)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject
Nathanael Greene
(American, 1742 - 1786)
Subject
Alexander Hamilton
(American, 1755 - 1804)
Geography
Published -
United States
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): 6 1/4 in. x 3 9/16 in. (15.88 cm x 9.05 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 5 3/16 in. x 3 1/4 in. (13.18 cm x 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-117
DescriptionFull length portraits of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Nathanael Greene, being led by the personification of History. The three figures are being led through a rocky landscape by the goddess towards the temple of Fame, which History is gesturing towards. The temple sits in the background near the top left of the frame on a hill and is topped with a winged figure holding a trumpet. In the right background storm clouds gather. Published as a frontispiece in the book: Donald
Fraser, A Compendium of the History of All Nations exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires Kingdoms and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period (New York, NY: Printed by Henry C. Southwick, 1807), i.Hart 778
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), 329.
MarkingsPrinted below image on left in italic script: "Tisdale del."
Printed below image on right in italic script: "Scoles sculp".
Printed below image centered in block script: "Frontispiece."
Printed below image centered in block script: "Printed by Reynolds."
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January, 1799
A: c. 1774; B: c. 1795
September 23, 1785
