Washington
Datec. 1850
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
After
John Trumbull
(American, 1756 - 1843)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Printed -
Germany
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; lithograph
DimensionsImage (H x W): 13 in. × 10 in. (33.02 cm × 25.4 cm)
Print sheet visible (H x W): 15 1/2 in. × 11 1/2 in. (39.37 cm × 29.21 cm)
Overall framed (H x W): 16 3/4 in. × 12 5/8 in. (42.55 cm × 32.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Robert L. Huber, 2011
Object numberM-4960
DescriptionThis print is a portrait of Washington in military dress standing by a table with a spyglass in his left hand. There is a distant town on the left side of the image and a suggestion of a tent on the right. It is housed in a thin black frame with rope design in gilt.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "Lith V Benseler", Verlag v Jsidor Rocca in Berlin, Chrlotten str 25", "Druck v Gebr. Delius in Berlin".
Printed in ink on the bottom edge of the print sheet: "Washington / (Virginia)".
The paper bears an embossed stamp: "Kunst Handlung / Rocca / Berlin".
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c. 1850-1865
c. 1870
c. 1800-1900
c. 1795
