Object Number 1977.0597 A

Object Name

Print (Steel engraving)

Title

G.\o Washington (Portrait of George Washington)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Anonymous

Creator (Role)

Edward S. Best (Engraver)
1826-1865

Christian Schussele (Painter)
1826-08/21/1879

John M. Butler (Publisher)
John Butler's name is appended to a large number of prints. Butler was a plate print and print publisher in Philadelphia about 1850, and employed engravers. There is no evidence that Butler was an engraver himself. He later held public office in Philadelphia, and abandoned publishing. According to Stauffer, the earliest documented work associated with Butler is dated 1850.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1859

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Printed at bottom right within image; C. Schuessele/ 1856
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; PAINTED BY C. SCHUESSELE.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; ENGRAVED BY EDWARD S. BEST
4. Inscription; Bottom center; Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859 by John M. Butler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Subjects

Portrait; Washington, George

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Steel Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

25.9 (H) , 19.9 (W) , 21.8 (Image H) , 16.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

65.9 (H) , 50.5 (W) , 21.8 (Image H) , 16.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 25.6 in. (65.0 cm). Plate W: 19.7 in. (50.0 cm).

Publisher Summary

Butler, John M.

Publication Date

1859

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Object Description

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