Object Number 1971.0076

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Edward Savage (Mezzotinter and publisher)
11/26/1761-07/06/1817

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1801

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; E. Savage Execu/td 1801

Subjects

Portrait; Washington, George

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

27.2 (H) , 20.3 (W) , 26.2 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

69 (H) , 51.6 (W) , 26.2 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Trimmed within plate mark.

Publisher Summary

Savage, Edward

Publication Date

1801

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

"1794" twice

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. 203, p. 309.
[Book] Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Print listed as cat no. 293, p.141.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2755, p. 457.