Gen. George Washington
Date1815
Maker
Peter Maverick
(1780-1831)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, stipple engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm)
Other (Sheet H x W): 8 3/4 in. x 6 in. (22.23 cm x 15.24 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 6 1/2 in. x 5 in. (16.51 cm x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-118
DescriptionFull bust portrait of George Washington, facing right and wearing a military uniform. The portrait is set in an oval frame with the title "Gen. George Washington" above and eighteen stars at the bottom. The frame sits on a base that has a memorial dedication to Washington engraved on it.Baker 404, Hart 796
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), 337.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 190.
MarkingsEngraved above portrait curved with frame in block text: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE".
Printed below portrait on tablet centered in block and italic text: "Gen George/Washington departed this life/Decr. 14th 1799 AE 67./And the tears of a/Nation/watered his grave."
Engraved below portrait on the base of the pedestal centered in block text: "Washington's no more, by silence grief's express'd,/Lo! here he lies, his Works proclaim the rest."
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1781-1798
1776-1819
1800-1805
1800-1850
September 23, 1785
