G. Washington, né en Virginie année 1733 : commendant en chef des armeés et président du Congré Amériquain [engraving]

G. Washington, né en Virginie année 1733 : commendant en chef des armeés et président du Congré Amériquain [engraving]

A Paris [1796]

1 print ; 18 x 13 cm. on sheet 23 x 16 cm.

P&E L1982.1.116.1m MP

First state of this engraving; title reads " ... président du Congré Amériquain."
Variant states also published: title or publisher's address on imprint slightly varies.
Signed: F. Bonneville, del.; Ruotte, sculpt.
Publisher's address on imprint: "Se trouve rue du theatre Francais. No. 4."
Bust, profile to left, in uniform; vvall with border.
Hart classifies this print as after Joseph Wright, however Baker lists it as after Pierre Eugene Du Simitière. Wendy Wick Reaves ("George Washington : an American icon," p. 170, no. 107) agrees with Baker.

Hart, Charles H. Cat.of the engraved portraits of Washington, 172
Baker, William S. The engraved portraits of Washington, 69

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