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George Washington

George Girdler Smith (American, 1795–1859)
After: N. Fullerton
1851

Medium/Technique Engraving
Credit Line Bequest of Abram Edmands Cutter
Accession Number01.8733
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Stauffer 2907
DescriptionExtracted from a book, as the sheet shows faint offsetting from letterpress.
Signed In plate, at lower right: G. G. Smith
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Drawn by N. Fullerton
In plate, at lower right: Engraved by G. G. Smith
In plate, below image: [signature of George Washington, in engraved facsimile] / as he appeared while reviewing the Continental Army on Boston Common __ 1776.
In plate, at lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Charles Fox in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
ProvenanceBy 1900, Abram Edmands Cutter (b. 1822 - d. 1900), Brookline, MA; 1901, bequest of Abram Edmands Cutter to the MFA. (Date accessioned: October 1, 1901)