Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious George Washington, 1801

Not on View

Medium

engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 21.27 × 20.32 cm (8 3/8 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.1053

Artists / Makers

Thomas Clarke (artist) American, active c. 1800

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: T. Clarke Sculp: 1801 Boston. / Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington.

Provenance

(Americana Antique & Art Gallery, Falls Church, Virginia); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1967; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Americana Antique and Art Gallery

Exhibition History

1981: Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

1981: The World Turned Upside Down, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, DC, 1981-1982