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Title
George
Washington
.
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=412009
Date
[18--]
.
Physical Description
1
print
:
lithograph
,
b&w
;
image
12
x
7.8
cm.
,
sheet
13.9
x
9.8
cm
.
Summary
Full-length
portrait
of
Washington
in
uniform
standing
on a
portico
with a
column
behind
him and a
drapery
drawn
away
from the
left
to
reveal
a
landscape
with
three
stacks
of
rifles
, the
foremost
stack
supporting
an
American
flag
and a
drum
. A
building
is
in the
distance
.
Washington's
left
hand
holds
the
hilt
of his
sword
, the
point
of
which
rests
on the
ground
. His
right
hand
holds
a
scroll
with "
Washington
"
written
on
it
.
Gift
of
C.P
.
Greenough
.
Subject(s)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.
Presidents--United States--Portraits.
Genre terms
Lithographs--United States--1800-1900.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) AA 5.4 Was.g.(no.2)
Provenance
Greenough, Charles P. (Charles Pelham), 1844-1924. donor.
Source
8626.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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