Martha Washington

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Datec. 1880

Engraver John Chester Buttre (American, 1821 - 1893)

After John Wollaston, Jr. (English, 1710 - 1775)

Medium/TechniqueSteel-faced copper

DimensionsOverall: 23 1/2 in. × 15 in. × 1/8 in. (59.69 cm × 38.1 cm × 0.32 cm)

Credit LinePurchase. Alice M. Longfellow, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, by exchange, 2017

Object numberM-5525

DescriptionVertically oriented rectangular engraving plate for full-length standing portrait of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, after the John Wollaston portrait of 1757. The subject is shown walking from left to right in a landscape setting, with two trees to her right and a distant river with small sailing vessels to her left. She is dressed in a dark open robe gown with light stomacher, shawl, petticoat, neck and sleeve ruffles, and a bow at the center neckline; her hair is pulled back and dressed with strands of pearls.

MarkingsOn the reverse: "505".

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