George Washington, 1796

Status

Not on view

Date1796

Maker Johann Friedrich Bolt (German, 1769 - 1836)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - Germany

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 7 5/8 in. x 4 13/16 in. (19.37 cm x 12.22 cm) Other (Plate H x W): 6 1/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (15.56 cm x 9.53 cm) Other (Image H x W): 2 15/16 in. x 2 3/16 in. (7.46 cm x 5.56 cm)

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

Object numberSC-131

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing right and wearing a black coat and jabot. He is set against a dark background.

Baker 161, Hart 807
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), 342.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 98.

MarkingsPrinted below image centered in cursive script: "F Bolt f. 1796." Printed below image centered in block script: "G. Washington./1796".

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