Washington

Status

Not on view

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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