George Washington, 1793

  • Edward Savage, American, 1761-1817

Mezzotint and etching printed in black ink

  • Image: 18 1/8 × 13 7/8 inches (46 × 35.2 cm) Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 21 × 15 1/4 inches (53.3 × 38.7 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman

57.116

Inscribed, in plate, center bottom margin: George Washington | PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. | From the Original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts

1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Early American Prints. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts (1957): no. 81. Hart. p. 229.

Edward Savage, George Washington, 1793, mezzotint and etching printed in black ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, 57.116.