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Print (Mezzotint)
His EXCEL: G: WASHINGTON ESQ: L.L.D. LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE U.S. OF AMERICA & PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION OF 1787
Charles Willson Peale
1787
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Charles Willson Peale (Designer and engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1963.0058 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1963.0058 A
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
His EXCEL: G: WASHINGTON ESQ: L.L.D. LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE U.S. OF AMERICA & PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION OF 1787
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Charles Willson Peale (Designer and engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1787
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, within image
Inscription: Painted & Engrav'd by C.W. Peale 1787.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Washington
- George
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint with minimal burin work
Dimensions (inches)
7.2 (H) x 6 (W) x 5.2 (Image H) x 4.1 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.4 (H) x 15.3 (W) x 13.2 (Image H) x 10.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Trimmed within platemark. Plate W: 5.8 in. (14.7 cm). Chain interval: 2.8 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Edition State
II
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 33, pp.102-103.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 199, p. 304.Book: Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Print listed as no. 3b.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2429, p. 401.Article: Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1952 "Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 42 (1)
• See pp. 81-82, 119, 236-239.