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Print (Mezzotint)
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
Valentine Green, Thomas Stothard R.A., Charles Willson Peale, Joseph Brown
April 22 1785 (1785-1785)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Valentine Green (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1954.0501
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1954.0501
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Valentine Green (Mezzotinter); Thomas Stothard R.A. (Draftsman); Charles Willson Peale (Painter); Joseph Brown (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
April 22 1785 (1785-1785)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: Peel pinxit, Philadelphia./ Stothard delin.\t Londini
Type: Inscription
Location: Center beneath image
Inscription: J.Brown Excudit.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: V. Green fecit Mezzotinto Engraver to the King of Great-Britain and/ the Elector Palatine.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- George Washington
- Portrait
- Military
- Political figure
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint with minimal burin work
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
22 (H) x 15.9 (W) x 19.8 (Image H) x 15.9 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
56 (H) x 40.4 (W) x 50.2 (Image H) x 40.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 20.875 in. (52.8 cm). Plate W: 14.0 in. (35.4 cm). Chain intervals: 3.4 cm; laid lines 8 per cm.
Publisher Summary
J. Brown
Publisher Date
04/22/1785
Place of Publication
No. 10 George Yard, Lombard Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Brown
Edition State
II
Edition Watermark
"IHS" within circle; countermark of "FIN/ DUPUY/ AUVERGNE 1749"
Edition Notes
Fowble lists this impression as state two, possibly because of the burin work. Chaloner Smith only records one state.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 32, pp. 100-01.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 79, pp. 130-31.Book: Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Published: no. 18 (listed).Book: Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 4. 1429-1780.
• Published: p. 592, no. 134a, "Additions and Corrections" (listed).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 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Published: no. 111, p. 43.Book: Whitman, Alfred. 1902 British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green.
• See p. 106, no. 129.Book: Baker, William Spohn. 1880 The Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• See no. 12.