COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
31909
Record number:
31909
JCB call number:
En775 C187g
Image title:
George Washington, Esqr. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in Anerica
Creator 1:
Alexander Campbell [fictitious name]
Creator 1 role:
Drawn from the life by
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
Published ... by C. Shepherd
Image date:
9 Septr. 1775
Image function:
print
Technique:
mezzotint engraving
Image dimension height:
32.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
24.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
35.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
24.9 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Portrait of George Washington on horseback.
notes:
No artist named Alexander Campbell ever painted Washington from the life. Washington, a popular subject of engravers, wrote with good humor in a letter thanking Joseph Reed for the print, "Mr. Campbell, whom I never saw to my knowledge, has made a very formidable figure of the Commander-in-Chief, giving him a sufficient portion of terror in his countenance."
Time Period:
1751-1800
References:
Wick, W. George Washington: An American icon, p. 19-20; McSherry Fowble, E. Two centuries of prints in America, 75
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1956.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits
George Washington, Esqr. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in Anerica
