George Washington. [Untitled.]

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• ARTIST: William Marshall

• PUBLISHER: Published by Ticknor & Fields, 135 Washington St. Boston.

• MEDIUM: Chine-colle, copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1862.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 1/2 x 11 1/4" (34.2 x 38.5 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: One of the finest mid-nineteenth portraits of the first President.<br><br> Signed in pencil "Wm. E. Marshall" and proofed by the National Bank Note Company. Based on the painting by Gilbert Stuart that hangs in the Boston Athenaeum.<br><br> An impression of Marshall's portrait of Washington had the dubious honor of hanging on the bunting below the President's box at Ford's Theater when President Lincoln was assassinated.<br><br> Marshall would issue a finely engraved portrait of Lincoln in 1866.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Beautiful clean impression.

• CONDITION: Good condition. A few small spots on the outer card.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , George Washington