George Washington, Esqr.
"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]"
Published ReferencesWendy Wick, George Washington: An American Icon, (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1982).