His Excellency George Washington Esquire
Status
Not on viewDate1787
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Engraver
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 - 1827)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint
DimensionsOverall: 7 in. × 5 3/4 in. (17.78 cm × 14.61 cm)
Image: 5 1/8 in. × 4 1/4 in. (13.02 cm × 10.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1989
Object numberM-2086/A
DescriptionThis print is an oval portrait of George Washington in military uniform.Published ReferencesVincent Virga, Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States. (New York: Knopf, 1997). (general reference)
Wendy C. Wick, George Washington: An American Icon, (Washington D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1982),. 95-6. (general reference)
Donald H. Cresswell, The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints; A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress, (Washington D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1975). (general reference)
Charles Coleman Sellers, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale, (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1952). (general reference)
David McNeeley Stauffer, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, (New York: Burt Franklin, 1907), 401. (general reference)
Charles Henry Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington, (New York: The Grolier Club, 1904). (general reference)
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington, (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880). (general reference)
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "Painted and Engraved by C.W. Peale 1787 / His Excel. G. Washington Esq. LLD. Late Commander in Chief of the Armies of the U.S. of America & President of the Convention of 1787".
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