His Excellency Gen Washington [mezzotint]
1778
P&E L2014F47 MP [custom box]
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Title
His Excellency Gen Washington [mezzotint]
Published
[Philadelphia s.n. 1778]
Description
1 print ; 14 x 12 cm. matted 22 x 18 cm
Call Number
P&E L2014F47 MP [custom box]
Note
Peale's mezzotint in 1778, based on his own painting of Washington from life; first authentic likeness of Washington to appear in print.
Library copy is one of only three examples of the mezzotint known (the other examples are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; and in the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain).
See also "The threads of memory," p. 250 (call no. 973.2 T533 2010).
Digitized image available online, see URL.
Library copy is one of only three examples of the mezzotint known (the other examples are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; and in the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain).
See also "The threads of memory," p. 250 (call no. 973.2 T533 2010).
Digitized image available online, see URL.
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