Geo. Washington

Status

Not on view

DateJuly 1,1794

Maker William Grainger (English, active c. 1784 - 1793)

Publisher Henry Delahoy Symonds (English, active c. 1791 - 1816)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 5/16 in. x 4 7/8 in. (21.11 cm x 12.38 cm) Other (Image H x W): 6 7/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (17.46 cm x 9.84 cm)

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

Object numberSC-129

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, set in a frame which hangs from a wall, with various symbolic elements depicted below. Washington is shown facing right and wearing a black coat and a jabot. Above the portrait is a plaque with the title. Two chains of bell flowers hang from either end of it. Below the portrait is an unfurled scroll with an indecipherable map on it. To the left of the scroll is a liberty pole and cap with a oak brnach curling around it, and to the right, is a sword leaning against the wall and a set of scales.

Baker 163, Hart 805
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), 341.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 99.

MarkingsPrinted above portrait in block script: "Geo. Washington." Printed below image on right in cursive script: "Grainger Sculpt." Printed below image centered in italic script: "Published as the Act directs July 1. 1794 by H. D. Symonds Paternoster Row."

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