"George Washington is my name"

first quarter 19th century

American 19th Century

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite with pinpricked contours on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 51.3 x 40.8 cm (20 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
    framed: 57.1 x 46.3 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1966.13.17

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • American Primitive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Holland Union, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1973, exhibition guide (copy not located).

Bibliography

1966

  • 101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 28.

Inscriptions

lower center in ink: 1799 / George Washingdan is My Name IHope to Live and die the same / Anno 1799.

Wikidata ID

Q64534823

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