Edward S. Best and Christian Schussele
George Washington
1858
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 760 × 599 mm. (29 15/16 × 23 9/16 in.)
Plate: 656 × 505 mm. (25 13/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Image: 550 × 415 mm. (21 5/8 × 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2646
Same as 1946.112.14433
Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 17. Hart, Charles Henry, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington, New York: Grolier Club, 1904, no. 659.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL below image: 'PAINTED BY C. SCHUESSELE'; in plate, LC below image: 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1859, by John M. Butler, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'; in plate, LR below image: 'ENGRAVED BY EDWARD S. BEST.'; in plate, LR in image: 'C. Schuessele / 1854'; LR in plate (facsimile signature): 'Go. Washington'; LR Corner (pencil): '#43'.
