G. Washington

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Bulkeley American, 1867 - 1990

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Bulkeley American, 1867 - 1990

After a work byAfter a work by Gilbert Stuart American, 1755 - 1828

Dateafter 1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/8 x 8 3/4in. (28.9 x 22.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/16 x 11 1/16in. (38.6 x 28.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionBust-length portrait of an elderly man, facing right. He wears a coat and shirt.

Object number1995.104.1

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title (facsimile signature) beneath image, "G Washington"

On verso, in pencil: upper right, accession number; lower right, "Dwr 57".NotesSource Note: The ultimate visual source is Gilbert Stuart's unfinished 1796 Atheneum portrait of George Washington, now in the National Portrait Gallery. This painting was reproduced many times, and the Kelloggs would have known it through an engraved or lithographic intermediary. In the original Stuart portrait, Washington is facing left, while he is facing right in the Kellogg lithograph. (Finlay 6/17/2004)

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