Sacred to the Memory of the truly Illustrious George Washington, Renowned in War, Great in the Senate, and possessed of every Qualification to render him worthy the Title of a Great and Good Man .
Philadelphia, circa 1805]. Stipple and line engraving by Enoch Gridley after a painting by John Coles, Jr, ample margins (14x10 inches, 360x255 mm, overall). Condition: Restoration to losses in the upper margin just touching the image, other repaired tears, two small filled abrasions in the image. Matted. an important allegorical portrait of washington by a celebrated early american engraver. A lovely example of a Washington apotheosis print, depicting a large memorial to the deceased Founding Father, with a central oval portrait surrounded by cherubs, including one blowing a trumpet adorned with a flag citing Washington's military achievements at Trenton, Princetown, Monmouth and Yorktown, with a weeping Lady Liberty and American soldier in the foreground. Enoch Gridley worked in both line and stipple manner, and earned a reputation as a talented and accurate engraver. He established himself in New York in 1803 but later moved to Philadelphia where he produced a number of fine portraits for local publishers. This copy the first state of two known issues. Stauffer, American Engraver upon Copper and Steel 1184; Hart, Catalogue of Engraved Portraits of Washington 221.
Sacred to the Memory of the truly Illustrious George Washington, Renowned in War, Great in the Senate, and possessed of every Qualification to render him worthy the Title of a Great and Good Man .
Philadelphia, circa 1805]. Stipple and line engraving by Enoch Gridley after a painting by John Coles, Jr, ample margins (14x10 inches, 360x255 mm, overall). Condition: Restoration to losses in the upper margin just touching the image, other repaired tears, two small filled abrasions in the image. Matted. an important allegorical portrait of washington by a celebrated early american engraver. A lovely example of a Washington apotheosis print, depicting a large memorial to the deceased Founding Father, with a central oval portrait surrounded by cherubs, including one blowing a trumpet adorned with a flag citing Washington's military achievements at Trenton, Princetown, Monmouth and Yorktown, with a weeping Lady Liberty and American soldier in the foreground. Enoch Gridley worked in both line and stipple manner, and earned a reputation as a talented and accurate engraver. He established himself in New York in 1803 but later moved to Philadelphia where he produced a number of fine portraits for local publishers. This copy the first state of two known issues. Stauffer, American Engraver upon Copper and Steel 1184; Hart, Catalogue of Engraved Portraits of Washington 221.
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