General Washington

Status

Not on view

Date1795-1799

After Joseph Wright (American, 1756 - 1793)

Maker George Murray (1766-1822)

Publisher Harrison & Co.

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 13 3/4 in. x 10 7/8 in. (34.93 cm x 27.62 cm) Other (Sheet H x W): 9 11/16 in. x 6 in. (24.61 cm x 15.24 cm) Other (Plate H x W): 4 1/2 in. x 2 11/16 in. (11.43 cm x 6.83 cm) Other (Image H x W): 2 1/16 in. x 1 7/16 in. (5.24 cm x 3.65 cm)

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

Object numberSC-128

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing right and wearing a military uniform and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled grey background.

Baker 91, Hart 168a
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), 78.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 54.

MarkingsPrinted below image on left in cursive script: "From an Origl. Drawg." Printed below image on right in cursive script: "George Murray, Sculpt." Printed below image centered in block script: "General Washington."

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