Washington and His Family.

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• ARTIST: Christian Schussele

• PUBLISHER: Published by Bradley & Co., Publishers. 66 Nth. 4th St. Philadelphia.

• MEDIUM: Mezzotint engraving,

  DATE: 1864.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 1/2 x 24 3/4" (44.5 x 63. cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Engraved by Wm. Sartain, Phila. Printed by Irwin & Sartain, Philada.<br><br> Attractive grouping of the Washington family with the Pierre L'Enfant's plan for the city of Washington, D.C. on the table. The image is loosely based o Edward Savages painting of the Washington Family.<br><br> Christian Schussele ( 1824-1879) was a French-born American painter and teacher who is credited with designing the Medal of Honor. He was known for his printmaking, drawing, and portrait painting. Schussele taught painting at the Pennsylvania Academy William Sartain (1843-1924) apprenticed to his brother, John, as an engraver, but decided he wanted to be a painter and traveled to Paris to study. The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in the 1870s forced him to leave France, and he spent eighteen months traveling around Europe studying “tens of thousands of pictures.” Back in America, Sartain established a studio in New York, traveling to Philadelphia every two weeks to teach a drawing and painting class. This informal class, taught outside the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, inspired many young artists who would later become famous.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Some soiling in the lower margins. Backed on thin rag board. Soiling can be matter out.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Presidents