James Barton Longacre, Walter Robertson, Longacre
Mrs. Martha Washington
1832-1833
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James Barton Longacre, Walter Robertson, Longacre
Mrs. Martha Washington
1832-1833
Physical Qualities
Stipple engraving, Sheet: 252 × 158 mm. (9 15/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
Image: 63 × 50 mm. (2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)
Plate: 233 mm. (9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.9908
Oval bust surrounded by rectangle of etched lines. Longacre & Herring, vol. 1 plate 2.
Stewart, Robert G., A Nineteenth-century Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969, ill. p. 81. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 105 no. 2.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, Lower C: 'Engraved by J.B. Longacre from an original miniature by Robertson_in possession of G.W.P. Custis Esq.re. / MRS. MARTHA WASHINGTON.'; and below, facsim. sig.: 'M Washington'; BL Corner (pencil): 'S. 256'.