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1905

  • Work on this object ended.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Plate, Engraving of George Washington

This is a plate. It was subject: George Washington. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is burnished steel plate. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Edmond C. Bonaventure.

Its dimensions are

Engraved area: 34.3 × 29 cm (13 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.) Plate: 59 × 43.1 cm (23 1/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on plate, below image: Engraved by William E. Marshall from the original portrait in the Boston Athenaeum / painted by Gilbert Stuart

Cite this object as

Plate, Engraving of George Washington; Subject: George Washington; burnished steel plate; Engraved area: 34.3 × 29 cm (13 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.) Plate: 59 × 43.1 cm (23 1/4 × 16 15/16 in.); 1953-76-2

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