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GEORGE WASHINGTON EQ..\ER/ Général en Chef de l'Armée Anglo-Amériquaine, nommé/ Dictateur par le Congrès en Fevrier 1777.
Dupin le Jeune, Esnauts et Rapilly
1777-1785
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Dupin le Jeune (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1976.0087.003
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1976.0087.003
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
GEORGE WASHINGTON EQ..\ER/ Général en Chef de l'Armée Anglo-Amériquaine, nommé/ Dictateur par le Congrès en Fevrier 1777.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Dupin le Jeune (Engraver); Esnauts et Rapilly (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Date
1777-1785
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: A Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue S.\t Jacques à la Ville de Coutances. A.P.D.R.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Military
- George Washington
- Political figure
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched with burin work
Dimensions (inches)
8.41 (H) x 5.96 (W) x 6.74 (Image H) x 4.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.35 (H) x 15.15 (W) x 17.13 (Image H) x 11.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 7.51 in. (19.08 cm). Plate W: 5.2 in. (13.3 cm). Chain intervals: 3.9-4.0 cm; laid lines 7-8 per cm.
Publisher Summary
Esnauts et Rapilly
Place of Publication
Rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, Paris, France, Europe
Publisher Name
Esnauts et Rapilly
Edition Watermark
none
Edition Notes
Probably part of a series published in France based upon English mezzotints first published in 1775-76 by Thomas Hart, C. Shepherd, and John Morris in London. These fictitious portraits were then engraved in line for a German publication, Christoph Heinrich Korn, Geschichte der Kriege (Nürnberg: Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, 1777-78), and those images were subsequently copied as copperplate engravings published by Esnauts et Rapilly sometime thereafter.
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. 77, pp. 128-29.Book: Reaves, Wendy Wick. 1982 George Washington, an American Icon : The Eighteenth-Century Graphic Portraits.
• Published: fig 7, p 20Book: Baker, William Spohn. 1880 The Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Listed as no. 58.Book: Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Listed as no. 743.