Object Number 1977.0103

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

GENERAL WASHINGTON'S/ RESIGNATION.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John James Barralet (Designer and draftsman)
1747-1815

Alexander Lawson (Engraver)
1773-1846

Place of Origin

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

Date

1799-1807

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Barralet Invt & Direxit
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Lawson Sculp

Subjects

Allegory; George Washington; Political figure; President

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.9 (H) , 9.2 (W) , 6.78 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.1 (H) , 23.38 (W) , 6.78 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at center. Print H: 7.3 in. (18.6 cm). Print W: 4.41 in. (11.21 cm). No plate marks.

State

II

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Listed in Stauffer American Engravers on Copper and Steel, Vol. II, p. 281, no. 1689. Listed in Hart Engraved Portraits of George Washington, no. 776. State III is not listed in Stauffer. State I bears the legend: "Published by B. Davies Philad\a 1rst Feb\y 1799"; state II has the publisher's name erased. Although this example is cropped, the print indicates wear on plate. This is probably a second state of the print.

Object Description

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