General Washington On the Battlefield at Trenton
![Mezzotint
GEN. WASHINGTON [ON THE BATTLE FIELD AT TRENTON]
Engraver: William Warner
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![Mezzotint
GEN. WASHINGTON [ON THE BATTLE FIELD AT TRENTON]
Engraver: William Warner
After: ...](/internal/media/dispatcher/14060/full)
Date1845
After
John Trumbull
(American, 1756 - 1843)
Engraver
William Warner
(American, 1813 - 1848)
Publisher
William Smith
(American, 1813 - 1848)
Publisher
J. Turgis
(American, active c.1860 - 1891)
Publisher
John Dainty
(American, active c.1845 - 1865)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint, etching
DimensionsOverall: 28 1/4 in. x 19 1/4 in. (71.76 cm x 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. C. W. Muckle, 1946
Object numberM-1621/9
DescriptionThis print is a portrait image of George Washington at the battle of Trenton during the American Revolution.Published ReferencesCharles Henry Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington, (New York: The Grolier Club, 1904).
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image, centered: "Gen. Washington / (On the Battle Field at Trenton) / Engraved by W. Warner from the original picture by Col. John Trumbull in the posession of Yale College N. Haven / Published by William Smith 70b South Third St. Philadelphia & by Turgis 78 Deane St. New York / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1845 by John Dainty in the Clerk's Office of the District court in the Eastern district of Pennsylvania".
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c. 1850
c. 1841-1859
