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Engraver Benoit Louis Prevost French
After Pierre Eugène du Simitière American, born Switzerland
Sitter George Washington American
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Title: General Washington
Series/Portfolio: Portraits des généreaux; ministres et magistrats que se rendu célèbres dans le Révolution des Treize États-unis de l'Amérique Septentional, Paris 1781
Engraver:
Benoit Louis Prevost (French, 1747–ca. 1804)
Artist:
After Pierre Eugène du Simitière (American (born Switzerland), Geneva 1737–1784 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Sitter:
George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
Date: 1781
Medium: Etching and engraving; first state (without title)
Dimensions:
Plate: 7 × 5 1/16 in. (17.8 × 12.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (22.6 × 14.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.756-1924
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