Object Number 1958.2412 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

His Excell\cy GEORGE WASHINGTON, Efq·\r

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Norman (Engraver)
c. 1748-1817
Stauffer maintains Norman is of mediocre importance as an engraver, with his greatest fame seeming to rise from the fact that his 1779 portrait of Washington is the earliest known of that subject. He was also publisher of the Boston Magazine, 1783-86, and the Boston City Directory, 1789-1830.

Benjamin Blyth (Painter)
1740-after 1787

John Coles Sr. (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

March 26 1782 (1782-1782)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; B. Blyth del.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. Norman Sculp.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by John Coles, BOSTON, MARCH·26\th·1782.

Subjects

George Washington; Military; Portrait; Political figure; Temperance

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

13.7 (H) , 9.7 (W) , 11.6 (Image H) , 9.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.7 (H) , 24.6 (W) , 11.6 (Image H) , 9.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 13.6 in. (34.5 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 9.5 in. (24.2 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-3.0 cm; 9 laid lines per cm. Modern frame overall dimenstions: H: 18 in, W: 14" L.Swain 8/14/2007

Publisher Summary

Coles, John Sr.

Publication Date

03/26/1782

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 197, pp. 301-2.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 109, p. 43.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2351, p.387.
[Book] Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Print listed as no. 43.
[Book] Baker, William Spohn. 1880 The Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Print listed as no. 26.