Washington's Adieu to His Generals
Date1860
Engraver
George R. Hall
(English-American, born 1818)
Printer
William Pate
(American, active c.1849 - 1865)
Publisher
George R. Hall
(English-American, born 1818)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored engraving.
DimensionsOverall (frame): 33 in. x 37 1/4 in. (83.82 cm x 94.62 cm)
Other (print): 21 1/4 in. x 26 in. (53.98 cm x 66.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael A. Andrews, 2010
Object numberM-4896
DescriptionThis print is an image of George Washington's farwell to his generals and his departure from New York at Whitehall Ferry at the close of the American Revolution. Washington is depicted in a barge with five sailors.Published ReferencesPeace Episodes on the Niagara: Other Studies and Reports, (Buffalo: The Buffalo Historical Society, 1914), 327.
Barry Cornwall, Effigies Poeticae: Or, The Portraits of the British Poets : Illustrated by Notes Biographical, Critical, and Poetical, Volume 2, (London: J. Carpenter & Sons), 124.
C.J. Peterson, "Premium Engravings Advertisement", The Peterson Magazine, Vol. 77-78, (1880): 170.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "F.O.C. Darley, Fecit. / Proof".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Geo. R. Hall. Sculp. / Printed by W. Pate".
Printed in ink below the image: "Washington's Adieu to His Generals / Engraved by permission from the original Drawing / In the Collection of the late Washington Irving
Esqr."
Printed in ink on the banner below the eagle: "E. Pluribus Unum".
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c. 1776
c. 1859
