George Washington, Ritter

Dateca. 1775

After work by Alexander Campbell

MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 14 × 8 1/2in. (35.6 × 21.6cm) Other (Plate): 13 1/4 × 8in. (33.7 × 20.3cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1971-138

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "George Washington, Ritter/ General und Commendeur en Chef der Armeen der vereinigten/ frey staaten con Nord America. 1775. Mittglied der Congressen"
Label TextWashington is pictured three-fourths length, with right hand pointing to the rear. Pictured in small detail in the rear is a combat scene. Prints of George Washington were published quickly in Europe, in this case in German, to capitalize on current events, allegedly based on a portrait taken from life in Williamsburg, Virginia by an unknown artist named Alexander Campbell. Washington wrote to Colonel Joseph Reed to thank him for sending him a copy of a print allegedly after Campbells work, nothing in January 1776 that, "Mr. Campbell whom I never saw to my knowledge, has made a very formidable figure of the Commander-in-Chief, giving him a sufficient portion of terror in his countenance." Alexander Campbell is assumed to be a fictitious name.

See 1934-20, 1934-19, 1934-30, and 1951-79.

MarkingsNo. 138 lower left of picture
ProvenanceEx-coll: Amor T. Hollingsworth.