General Washington

Status

Not on view

DateAugust 1,1792

After Joseph Wright (American, 1756 - 1793)

Maker Thomas Holloway (British, 1748-1827)

Publisher C. Forster

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Geography Published - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 6 1/16 in. x 4 5/8 in. (15.4 cm x 11.75 cm) Other (Plate H x W): 6 15/16 in. x 4 3/8 in. (17.62 cm x 11.11 cm) Other (Image H x W): 3 5/8 in. x 2 7/8 in. (9.21 cm x 7.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985

Object numberSC-123

DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing right and wearing a military uniform and a ribbon tying back his hair. He is set against a stippled grey background.

Baker 87, Hart 167
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), 77.

William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 53.

MarkingsPrinted below image centered in cursive script: "T. Holloway Sculp." Printed below image centered in block script: "General Washington." Printed below image centered in italic script: "Published as the Act directs 1 Aug. 1792 by C. Forster, Poultry."

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