Le General Washington
Date1780
After
Jean-Baptiste Le Paon
(French, 1736/1738 - 1785)
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Maker
Noël Le Mire
(French, 1724 - 1801)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
France
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; engraving.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 19 1/4 in. × 14 5/8 in. (48.9 cm × 37.15 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 16 5/8 in. × 12 5/8 in. (42.23 cm × 32.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-5
DescriptionOutdoor scene of George Washington in a military encampment. Washington stands in front of a tent wearing a military uniform, holding the founding documents of the United States in his right hand, and with his left hand tucked in his vest. To his left is a table covered with a carpet and holding stacks of books and maps. To his right is a stool holding a hat, and a telescope with and a cane leaning up against it. The ground in front of Washington's feet is covered with torn up British proclimations. Behind Washington stands his valet, William Lee, caring for a horse. In the background can be seen rows of tents and soldiers, with a landscape and river behind them.SignedEngraved on scrap of paper on ground within the image: "N. Le Mire Sculp. 1780".
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), 18.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 25.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Peint par L. le Paon Peintre de Bataille, de S.A.S., Mgr. le Prince de Conde."
Printed in ink below the bottom image on right in cursive script: "Grave par N. le Mire des Academies Imperials et Royales et de celle des Sciences et Arts de Rouen."
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c. 1850-1865
c. 1837-1857
c. 1870
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