George Washington
DateNovember 15,1862
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Maker
William Edgar Marshall
(American, 1837 - 1906)
Publisher
Ticknor & Fields
(American, 1832 - 1878)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; engraving.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 22 1/8 in. × 19 in. (56.2 cm × 48.26 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 21 7/8 in. × 15/16 in. (55.56 cm × 2.38 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 13 1/16 in. × 11 5/16 in. (33.23 cm × 28.73 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-144
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing left, and wearing a black coat, a cravat, a jabot, and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled grey background, within an imitation stone frame with an oval opening.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), 193.
MarkingsPrinted below image centered in block script: "Engraved by Wiliam E. Marshall from the original portrait in the Boston Athenaeum/painted by Gilbert Stuart".
Printed below image centered in block and cursive script: "Published November 15th, 1862, by Ticknor and Fields, 135 Washington St, Boston. Copyright secured./Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by William E. Marshall in the Clerks Office of the Distric Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Copyright of photographs secured."
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