General Washington
Date1797
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk, watercolor, and gouache on paper; hand-colored mezzotint
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 14 1/4 in. x 10 1/4 in. (36.2 cm x 26.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charlotte F. Dailey, 1904
Object numberM-962
DescriptionThis print is a full length military portrait of George Washington after Charles Wilson Peale.Published ReferencesCharles Henry Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington, (New York: The Grolier Club, 1904).
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington, (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880).
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "General Washington".
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After 1776
1780-1790