His Excellency George Washington Lieut. General

Status

Not on view

Date1803-1810

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

After Francis Bartoli (Italian, 1765 - 1796)

After David Edwin (American, 1776 - 1832)

Attribution John Galland (English, 1739 - 1797)

Publisher Ferrai & Dupin

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; stipple engraving.

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 15 in. x 10 in. (38.1 cm x 25.4 cm) Plate (H x W): 14 1/3 in. × 9 in. (36.2 cm × 22.86 cm) Image (H x W): 11 7/8 in. × 8 in. (30.16 cm × 20.32 cm)

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

Object numberSC-139

DescriptionHalf-length portrait of George Washington, seated facing right and wearing a military uniform with the Society of Cincinnati medal on his left lapel. He cradles a sword in his right arm and holds a map in his hands. To his left is a table holding a tricorn hat. Behind him is a drawn curtain revealing a landscape with rows of military tents on a plain in front of a mountain. Below the image in text is an eagle with a shield in front of it and a scroll with the words "E Pluribus Unum" engraved on it.

Published ReferencesWick, Wendy C., George Washington An American Icon The Eighteenth-Century Graphic Portraits (Washington D.C.: The Smithsonian, 1982), 129.

David McNeely Stauffer, American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel Part II Check-List of the Works of the Earlier Engravers (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1907), 152.

Charles Henry Hart and Samuel Arlent Edwards, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1904), 333-334.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portrais of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 127.

MarkingsPrinted below image on the left side: "F. Bartoli Pinx:". Printed below image on the right side: "J: Galland Sculp:". Printed below image, centered: "His Excellency George Washington Lieut. Genl. / of the Armies of the / United States / of America. / Dedicated to Commodore John Barry and the Officers of the/ Navy and Army of North America / by Ferrai & Dupin / Baltimore”.

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