George Washington, Esqr.
Label Text
"George Washington and Charles Lee, who had a contentious relationship in real life, look remarkably similar in these fictitious portraits. To meet public demand for images of the American generals at the outset of the Revolution, publishers in England produced imagined likenesses of them in advance of receiving accurate ones.
George Washington, Esqr.
Unidentified artist after "Alexander Campbell"
Published by C. Shepherd
London, England
Mezzotint, 1775
Gift: Jess and Grave Pavey Fund, 2002 [RP-912 / Print-5340]
Charles Lee, Esqr.
Unidentified artist after "Alexander Campbell"
Published by C. Shepherd
London, England
Mezzotint, 1775
Gift: Jess and Grace Pavey Fund, 2008 [2009.003]"
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Date1775
Attribution
Alexander Campbell
Publisher
C. Shepherd
(English, active c.1775)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 12 in. × 9 1/2 in. (30.48 cm × 24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift: Jess and Grace Pavey Fund, 2002
Object numberPrint-5340/RP-912
DescriptionThis print is a half length military portrait of George Washington. Published ReferencesWendy Wick, George Washington: An American Icon, (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1982).
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: “Done from an Original, Drawn from the Life by Alex. Campbell, of Williamsburg in Virginia. / George Washington, Esqr. / General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in America. / Published as the Act directs. 9 Sept 1775 by C. Shepherd London.".
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1800-1804
1775-1780
