GEORGE WASHINGTON
PORTRAIT.
Original Copper Engraving Plate (c. 1780 – 1830).
Material:
Copper.
Size:
19.5 x 14.3 cm (7-11/16 x 5-5/8 inches)
Inscription:
GEORGE WASHINGTON, / Commandant en Chef
des Armées Américaines, / Né en Virginie en 1733.
Origin:
Most probably France.
Engraving:
Most probably after Charles Wilson Peale.
Possible
Engraver: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736–1807) engraver to King Louis XVI.
Date
of Creation: Unknown. Circa early 1800s.
Provenance:
Thomas Truxtun Moebs collection.
An
important addition in the catalogue raisonné of the images of George Washington.
Examples
of the original engraving printed with embellishments by the printer
Charles-Nicolas Cochin II (1715–1790) are scarce.
No copies are found in searching the National Portrait Gallery, the Library of
Congress Online Catalog, the New York Public Library, the American Antiquarian
Society, and other major institutional collections via Worldcat.
Three copies located: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rare Flags collection
and the Boglewood Collection.
Reference:
Carson No. 46; Hart No. 48; Baker No. 31; Boglewood 1217
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