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After Stuart's portrait of Washington; full figure, right arm extended, table and chair in background.
portraits
engravings (prints)
paper (fiber product)
stipple engraving (printing process)
Picture
Portrait
Stipple Engraved
Unidentified Paper
Portrait
Inscribed: ""Painted by Gabriel Stuart 1797."" ""Engraved by James Heath, Historical Engraver to His Majesty, and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales/ from the original picture in the Collection of the Marquis of Lansdown."" Recent label on back, ""SPNEA/Fogg Art Museum/LOAN FOR EXAMINATION/LT 22332.5""
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Heath, James (Maker)
AFTER Stuart, Gilbert (Maker)
England; Boston, MA, USA
23.063 x 12.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.468
Massachusetts (United States)
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