Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1863

After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741 - 1828)

Maker William Hamlin (1772-1869)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, mezzotint

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 3 1/4 in. x 2 1/2 in. (8.26 cm x 6.35 cm) Other (Image H x W): 2 13/16 in. x 2 1/16 in. (7.14 cm x 5.24 cm)

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

Object numberSC-127

DescriptionBust portrait of George Washington, facing left and wearing a toga and with his hair tied back in a queue. He is set against a dark background.
Baker 102, Hart 197
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), 90.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 62.

MarkingsPrinted below image on right in italic script: "Wm. Hamlin Sc. AE 91." Printed below image centered in block script: "Washington." Printed below image on right in block script: "From Howdan's Bust, Richmond VA."

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