The President of the United States
DateMarch 1791
After
Joseph Wright
(American, 1756 - 1793)
Etcher
Unknown
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; etching.
DimensionsImage (H x W): 2 5/16 in. x 1 13/16 in. (5.87 cm x 4.6 cm)
Plate mark (H x W): 5 13/16 in. x 3 5/8 in. (14.76 cm x 9.21 cm)
Sheet (H x W): 8 5/16 in. x 4 7/8 in. (21.11 cm x 12.38 cm)
Overall (H x W): 12 in. x 9 5/8 in. (30.48 cm x 24.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-120
DescriptionThis print is an oval bust portrait of George Washington, facing right and wearing a military uniform. He is set against a stippled grey background with a highlight behind his head. Isaiah Thomas, The Massachusetts Magazine; Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, (Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews).
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), 67-68.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 50.
MarkingsPrinted in ink above the image: "Massa. Mag."
Printed in ink below the image: "The President of the United States."
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