M.\rs WASHINGTON
Prints and Maps
John Norman (Engraver)
Benjamin Blyth (Painter)
John Coles Sr. (Publisher)
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
March 26 1782 (1782-1782)
Ink; Paper (laid)
Line engraved, Etched
1958.2413 A
Object Number1958.2413 A |
Print (Engraving)
M.\rs WASHINGTON
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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)
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
March 26 1782 (1782-1782)
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.
George Washington; Military; Portrait; Political figure
Ink; Paper (laid)
Line engraved, Etched
13.5 (H) , 9.4 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 9 (Image W)
34.2 (H) , 23.8 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 9 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H not available; bottom edge of plate not visible. Plate W (at left): 9.1 in. (23.3 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-2.9 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Coles, John Sr.
03/26/1782
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 198, p. 303.
[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. 108, p. 43.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2430, pp. 401-2.
[Book] Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Print of George Washington: no. 43.