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Wasington [Washington], Généralisme des Americains, Liberateur des Etats-Unis de L'Amerique (Washington, American General-in-Chief, Liberator of the United States of America)

1780–89
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wasington [Washington], Généralisme des Americains, Liberateur des Etats-Unis de L'Amerique (Washington, American General-in-Chief, Liberator of the United States of America)
  • Series/Portfolio: Galerie des homme Illustres vivan (Gallery of Illustrious Living Men)
  • Artist: Justus Chevillet (German, Frankfurt am Oder 1729–before 1790 Paris)
  • Artist: After Michel Honoré Bounieu (French, 1740–1815 Paris)
  • Artist: After Charles Willson Peale (American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1780–89
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (34 × 25.2 cm)
    Plate: 14 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (37.3 × 27.5 cm)
    Sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 7/16 in. (39.6 × 29 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.54
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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