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Date1850-1882

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

Probable maker Oliver Pelton (American, 1798 - 1882)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint, engraving.

DimensionsImage (H x W): 20 in. × 13 in. (50.8 cm × 33.02 cm) Plate mark (H x W): 23 in. × 14 3/4 in. (58.42 cm × 37.47 cm) Overall (H x W): 29 5/8 in. × 21 in. (75.25 cm × 53.34 cm)

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

Object numberSC-146

DescriptionFull-length portrait of George Washington, dressed in a black coat, holding a sword in his left hand, with his right hand extended in front of him. He is set in a room with a columns in the background and drapery above. Behind Washington is a chair with the seal of the United States on its crest, and on the left is a table draped with a carpet, and holding an inkwell, paper, and hat.

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), 140.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 152.

MarkingsPrinted below image on left in block script: "Painted by Gilbert Stuart. 1797". Printed below image centered in block script: "Washington.". Text has been scratched out and redacted under the image on the right.

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