General Washington, 1799

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored mezzotint and engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 57.79 × 40.32 cm (22 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.)
plate: 62.87 × 40.32 cm (24 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.)

sheet: 66.36 × 43.82 cm (26 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Josephine Boardman Crane)

Accession Number

2015.19.814

Artists / Makers

Valentine Green (artist) British, 1739 - 1813

John Trumbull (artist after) American, 1756 - 1843

Colnaghi, Sala & Co. (publisher)

Image Use

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Inscription

Engraved at bottom of plate:
Painted by J. Trumbull Esq. of Connecticut / Engraved from Original Picture in the possession of M. De Neufville of Amsterdam / Engraved by V. Green, Mezzottinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palatine / London, Publish'd Oct. 1, 1799, by Colnaghi, Sala & Co. (late Torres') 23 Cockspur Street

Marks and Labels

lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 189.6.; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 6711

Provenance

Mrs. Josephine Boardman Crane, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1954; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Crane, Josephine Boardman

Exhibition History

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