About the Artwork
George Washington
1793
Edward Savage
1761-1817
American
Unknown
Mezzotint and etching printed in black ink
Image: 18 1/8 × 13 7/8 inches (46 × 35.2 cm) Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 21 × 15 1/4 inches (53.3 × 38.7 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
57.116
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, center bottom margin: George Washington | PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. | From the Original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts
Provenance
1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Early American Prints. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts (1957): no. 81.
Hart. p. 229.
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Edward Savage, George Washington, 1793, mezzotint and etching printed in black ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, 57.116.
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