PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Creator(s): Chappel (Artist) , Johnson, Wilson and Company (Publisher)
Currently in storage
About this object
An engraving of George Washington. He is seated half length, facing to the left. He sits in an armchair with a tbale in front of him to the left. His head is turned to the front, and his left arm grips the arm of the chair. His right hand supports a book on top of the table. He wears a white wig, cravat, and lace jabot and a dark suit. His left hand holds a sword that extends over his arm and below his hand. The background has a billowing drapery and to the left is seen part of a window. He wears glasses.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
- Made from:
- Paper
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1789-1797
- Size:
- 30.1 × 18.4 cm (11 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 57.24.2
- Class:
- AUTOGRAPH
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION under print: Geo Washington; under print: Entered according to the Acts of COngress AD 1870 by Johnson, Fry and Co in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York; under signature: From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers Johson Wilson and Co Publishers New York
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973