William Edgar Marshall (1837–1906)
“George Washington”,
1862, after Gilbert Stuart’s (1755–1828) unfinished
1796 portrait in the Boston Athenaeum—I understand that Stuart made more than
60 copies of this portrait and in 1869 it served as design for the American one-dollar
note (see https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.115)—published
in Boston by Ticknor & Fields (1831–) and printed as a proof on India
paper by the National Bank Note Company (1861–1872).
Interestingly, I understand that a copy of this
engraving hung at Ford’s Theatre (Washington, D.C.) below the President’s box on
the evening of April 14, 1865, when President
Lincoln was assassinated (see https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6053/6238572925_6b360c5a46_o.jpg).
Engraving and etching on tissue-thin India paper, trimmed
with a narrow margin around the image borderline and backed with a support
sheet.
Size: (support sheet) 56.4 x 43.5 cm; (sheet); 35.4
x 30.1 cm; (image borderline) 34.6 x 29.2 cm.
Condition: a strong and well-printed impression trimmed
close to the image borderline and laid upon an archival support sheet of
millennium quality washi paper that provides a wide margin. There are many
small spots of watercolour retouching but they are virtually invisible.
I am selling this famous engraving—a masterwork of
engraving based on the incredible fineness of its execution—for AU$349
(currently US$248.81/EUR220.66/GBP187.75 at the time of posting this print) including
postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import
duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing this historically
important engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I
will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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