Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: George Washington, Esqr. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in Anerica
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Accession number:
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31909
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Record number:
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31909
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JCB call number:
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En775 C187g
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Image title:
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George Washington, Esqr. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in Anerica
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Creator 1:
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Alexander Campbell [fictitious name]
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn from the life by
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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Published ... by C. Shepherd
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Image date:
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9 Septr. 1775
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Image function:
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print
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Technique:
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mezzotint engraving
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Image dimension height:
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32.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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24.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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35.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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24.9 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Portrait of George Washington on horseback.
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notes:
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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."
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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Wick, W. George Washington: An American icon, p. 19-20; McSherry Fowble, E. Two centuries of prints in America, 75
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1956.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits
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