Antique Print-PORTRAIT-GEORGE-WASHINGTON-Vinkeles-Peale-1782

Portrait of George Washington (1732-1799), an American Founding Father, military officer, politician and statesman who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted and ratified the Constitution of the United States and established the U.S. federal government. Washington has thus been known as the “Father of the Nation”.

Made by Reinier Vinkeles after Charles Willson Peale.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11.6 x 18.5 cm (4.57 x 7.28 inch). Image size: 9.2 x 14.4 cm. (3.62 x 5.67 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-GEORGE-WASHINGTON | PCO-C46-35

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, who was the teacher of several talented artists.

Biography artist: Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist.