George Washington
Medium
Mezzotint; proof before letters
Dimensions
plate: 7 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.9 x 14.7 cm) sheet: 11 x 8 5/8 in. (28 x 21.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number
24.90.185
Tags
About the Artist
Charles Willson Peale|George Washington · 1741–1827
Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) was an American painter, museum founder, naturalist, and inventor who became the most important American portraitist of the Revolutionary era and a central figure in the cultural life of the young republic. Born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, he initially trained as a saddler before turning to painting, studying briefly with John Singleton Copley in Boston and ...