Object Number 1973.0254

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

GEO. WASHINGTON./ FIRST PRESIDENT of the U.S.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Endicott & Swett (Lithographer and publisher)
1830-1834
References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 7607; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 171-79 (for all information on the Endicotts and their several firms). New York City Directory listings for Endicott and Swett (see Endicott firms for their dates and addresses): 1830-34 111 Nassau Street

Gilbert Stuart (Painter)
12/03/1755-07/09/1828
References: Barratt and Miles, Gilbert Stuart (New York & New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, c2004).

Place of Origin

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; G.Stuart Pinx\t.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Lith. of Endicott & Swett.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by Endicott & Swett, Graphic-Hall, Balto. 1831.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

14.6 (H) , 12.2 (W) , 10 (Image H) , 8.33 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37 (H) , 31 (W) , 10 (Image H) , 8.33 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Endicott & Swett

Publication Date

1831

Place of Publication

Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, Mid-Altantic, United States, North America

State

Proof

Edition Notes

This is a portrait for a series entitled "First Presidents of the United States," published in Baltimore in 1831. This is probably a "proof" edition.

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. 208, p. 314.