George Washington

John De Mare, American (born Belgium), active about 1851 - 1860
after Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741 - 1827

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1851

Engraving on paper

Sheet: 12 3/16 × 9 7/8 in. (30.9 × 25.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

2014.45.43

Publisher

G. P. Putnam, New York

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

In plate, below image, center: J. de Mare / WASHINGTON AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE / From a miniature on ivory presented by Washington to his niece Harriet / and now belonging to her daughter's family / [in script:] I am Sir Your Most Obed Hbl Serv. / Fort Loudoun / 10th [th superscript] Sept. 1757 / Go [o superscript] Washington

Provenance

Source unknown; catalogued 2014.

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