George Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1801

After Anne Flore Millet, Marquise de Brehan (1749-1826)

After P. F. Tardieu

Maker Barthelemy Joseph Fulevan Roger (1767-1841)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - France

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 6 1/2 in. x 4 5/8 in. (16.51 cm x 11.75 cm) Other (Image H x W): 5 3/4 in. x 3 15/16 in. (14.61 cm x 10 cm)

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

Object numberSC-122

DescriptionBust portrait of George Washington, drawn in imitation of a scuplted bust, set against a black background. Washington is facing left, and has his hair elaborately curled and tied back with a bow, and is wearing a wreath of laurels. Below the portrait is a tablet with the title on it. Published in J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, Vogage dans la Haute Pensylvanie et dans l'Etat de New-York, par un membre adoptif de la Nation Oneida . . . (Paris: Maradan, 1801), I:i.

Baker 113, Hart 207
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), 95.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 70.

MarkingsEngraved below image in block script: "George Washington/ Ne en Virginie le 11 Fevrier 1732." Engraved below image in cursive script: "Grave d-apres le Camee peint par Madame de Brehan a Newyork en 1789." Printed below image on left in cursive script: "Dirige par P. F. Tardieu." Printed below image on right in cursive script: "Grave par Roger".

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