Geo. Washington

Status

Not on view

DateOctober 25,1794

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 7/8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (22.54 cm x 14.92 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 5/8 in. x 2 13/16 in. (9.21 cm x 7.14 cm)

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

Object numberSC-130

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing right and wearing a black coat and jabot. He is set against a dark background.
Baker 164, Hart 806
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 below portrait in block script: "Geo. Washington." Printed below image on right in cursive script: "Grainger Scupt." Printed below image centered in italic script: "Published as the Act directs Oct. 25. 1794 by H. D. Symonds Paternoster Row." Watermark near bottom of sheet: "7 Lef".

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