Engraving
- Title:
- Washington.
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1981.009.04
- Creator:
- Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828)
Artist ; Pelton, Oliver (1798-1882)Engraver ; Bill, HenryPublisher - Place of Origin:
- Hartford or Norwich, CT
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of George Washington, engraved by Oliver Pelton (1798-1882), after Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), published by Henry Bill, c. 1860. Ink on paper. Full-length standing portrait of George Washington. Washington wears black coat, breeches, and waistcoat with white shirt with ruffle. Sitter's right hand extending outward; left hand holds a sword. Empire-style chair at right and table at left. Column and drape background. Printed in margins, directly below image: "Painted by Gilbert Stuart.", "Published by Henry Bill, Norwich, Conn.", "Engraved by O. Pelton." Below, center: "WASHINGTON." Fragments of Label on backboard, possibly of framer in Bangor, Maine: "St. [ ]OR, ME". Wood frame with convex exterior molding, interior gilding, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-23.3 W-15.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth Adams Mills
- People:
- Bill, Henry, Pelton, Oliver (1798-1882), Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828), Washington, George (1732-1799), Mills, Elizabeth A. (1900-1992)
- Subjects:
- Washington, George, Engravings
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