Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Amées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733
Artwork Details
- Title: Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Amées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733
- Series/Portfolio: Lavater, Essai sur Physigonomie
- Artist: After Charles Willson Peale (American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Author: Related author Johann Caspar Lavater (Swiss, Zurich 1741–1801 Zurich)
- Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: 1783–86
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 8 13/16 × 6 9/16 in. (22.4 × 16.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 13/16 in. (25.7 × 19.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.111
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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