Washington
Date1812
After
Joseph Wright
(American, 1756 - 1793)
Maker
A. Todd
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, etching
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 9 9/16 in. x 6 1/4 in. (24.29 cm x 15.88 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 3 in. x 2 5/16 in. (7.62 cm x 5.87 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 2 5/16 in. x 1 13/16 in. (5.87 cm x 4.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-119
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a black coat, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled black background.Hart 160
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), 75.
MarkingsPrinted above image curved and centered in block script: "HIS PATH BE OURS."
Printed below image centered in block script: "WASHINGTON"
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April 1, 1830
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