Portrait of George Washington
Medium
Hollow-cut silhouette on linen
Dimensions
Mat: 27 15/16 × 21 1/4 in. (71 × 54 cm) Framed: 30 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (77.5 × 62.2 cm)
Classification
Cut Paper
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. S. W. Oakey, 1879
Accession Number
79.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
George Washington|Eleanor Parke Custis · 1732–1799
**George Washington (1732–1799) was not an artist or painter.** The American figure of that name and lifespan is the first President of the United States and Revolutionary War commander, widely known as the “Father of His Country.” Extensive searches of art-historical sources, Wikipedia, museum collections, and biographical records yield no evidence that he produced paintings, drawings as fine art...