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Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object name |
Mezzotint |
Title |
George Washington Esqr. |
Artist or maker |
Woolley, William |
Date |
1800 |
Place of origin |
New York, United States |
Materials and techniques |
ink on paper |
Physical description |
Oval mezzotint portrait of Washington wearing wig, white stock and jabot, vest, and unbuttoned waistcoat. Washington is featured at a three-quarter length facing slightly to the left. The inscription "Woolley Pinxit/ et Sculpsit" appears below the portait in each of the two bottom corners. Below the print, the title is inscribed "George Washington Esqr." The source for this primitive portrait of Washington was one of Stuart's Athenaeum-type heads. The mezzotint was originally published at the Shakespeare Gallery, No. 11 Park Ave. New York. The portrait has a companion piece of Mrs. Washington |
Past exhibit |
A Stoic Countenance: Portraits of George Washington (2005-2013) |
Catalogue number |
1984.12.029 |
Collection name |
Drawings and Prints |
Credit line |
Gift of Stanley D. Scott, 1984 |
People |
Washington, George Woolley, William |
Subjects and places |
American presidents military heroes (US) portraiture |