Unless otherwise noted, all objects are from the collection of the Boston Athenæum.
PAINTINGS:
1) GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
George Washington (The Athenæum Portrait), 1796
Oil on canvas, 47 ¾ x 37 in.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. William Francis Warden Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Commonwealth Cultural Preservation Trust.
Jointly owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1980.1
2) GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Martha Washington (Martha Dandridge Custis) (The Athenæum Portrait), 1796
Oil on canvas, 48 x 37 1/8 in.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. William Francis Warden Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Commonwealth Cultural Preservation Trust.
Jointly owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1980.2
SCULPTURE:
3) JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828)
George Washington, ca. 1786
Plaster, 25 x 14 3/16 x 11 ¼ in.
Gift of the heirs of Joseph Coolidge, Jr., 1912
4) THOMAS BALL (1819-1911)
Model for an Equestrian Statue of George Washington, 1858
Plaster, 45 7/8 x 18 x 42 ½ in.
Gift of Margaret H. Jewell and Susan Jewell Sanger, 1932
PRINTS:
5) ANONYMOUS after ALEXANDER CAMPBELL [pseudonym]
George Washington, Esqr. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in America, 1775
Mezzotint, 15 x 10 ¼ in.
London: Published by C. Shepherd [pseudonym]
Athenæum purchase, 1979
6) NOËL LE MIRE (1724-1801) after JEAN-BAPTISTE LE PAON (1738-1785) after CHARLES WILLSON PEALE (1741-1827)
Le Général Washington. Ne Quid Detrimenti Capiat Res Publica, 1780
Engraving, 20 x 14 ¼ in.
Athenæum purchase, 1888
7) ANONYMOUS
Lady Washington, ca. 1780
Engraving, 5 7/16 x 3 ½ in. (sight)
Anonymous gift, 1981
8) ANONYMOUS after JOHN TRUMBULL (1756-1843)
His Excellency General Washington, ca. 1780
Engraving, 5 ½ x 3 5/8 in. (sight)
Anonymous gift, 1981
9) NOËL LE MIRE (1724-1801) after JEAN-BAPTISTE LE PAON (1738-1785)
Conclusion de la Campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To His Excellency General Washington this Likeness of his
Friend the Marquess de la Fayette, is Humbly Dedicated, ca. 1781
Engraving, 19 ¼ x 13 in.
10) ANONYMOUS
G. Washington in His Last Illness Attended by Docrs. Craik and Brown, 1800
Hand-colored etching and stipple engraving, 10 3/8 x 8 ½ in. (sight)
[Philadelphia: Published by Pember & Luzarder]
11) ANONYMOUS
Lived Respected and Fear’d--Died Lamented and Rever’d, 1800
Hand-colored etching and stipple engraving (2d state), 10 3/8 x 8 ½ in. (sight)
[Philadelphia: Published by Pember & Luzarder]
12) THOMAS CLARKE (fl. 1797-1801) after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington, 1801
Stipple engraving (2nd state), 7 7/8 x 7 ¾ in. (sight)
13) ANGELO BERTINI (b. 1783) after GIOVANNI TOGNOLI (1786-1862) after ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822)
Giorgio Washington: Alla Grande Nazione degli Stati Uniti di America, 1820
Engraving, 22 ¾ x 17 ½ in.
Athenæum purchase, 1884
14) JAMES THOMSON (1788-1850) after HENRY CORBOULD (1787-1844) after SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY (1781-1841)
George Washington, from a Statue by F. Chantrey, 1827
Stipple engraving, 22 3/16 x 16 ¾ in.
London: Published by Colnaghi & Son
Athenæum purchase, 1884
15) JACOPO BERNARDI (b. 1808) after HORATIO GREENOUGH (1805-1852)
[George Washington], ca. 1840
Engraving, 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.
Lent by David Dearinger
16) JOHN SARTAIN (1808-1897) after EDWARD SAVAGE (1761-1817)
[The Washington Family], ca. 1850
Mezzotint, proof before title, 24 x 31 7/8 in.
[Philadelphia: Published by William Smith]
17) ALEXANDER HAY RITCHIE (1822-1895) after PETER FREDERICK ROTHERMEL (1812-1895) after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Go. Washington, 1852
Engraving with mezzotint, 28 ½ x 23 7/8 in.
New York: Published by R. A. Bachia & Co.
Gift of Mrs. James Howard Means, 1968
18) PAUL GIRARDET (1821-1893) after EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)
Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1853
Engraving, 24 ¼ x 34 ¼ in.
New York: Published by Goupil & Co.; Paris: Printed by Goupil & Co.
Athenæum purchase, 1894
19) CLAUDE RÉGNIER after JUNIUS BRUTUS STEARNS (1810-1885)
Life of George Washington: The Citizen, 1854
Lithograph with tint stone and scratching out, 23 x 29 ¼ in.
New York: Published by Goupil & Co.; Paris: Printed by Lemercier
Athenæum purchase, 1894
20) CLAUDE RÉGNIER after JUNIUS BRUTUS STEARNS (1810-1885)
[Life of George Washington: The Farmer], 1854
Lithograph with tint stone and scratching out, proof before title, 23 ¼ x 29 ¼ in.
New York: Published by Goupil & Co.; Paris: Printed by Lemercier
Athenæum purchase, 1894
21) HENRY BRYAN HALL, SR. (1808-1884) after A. HENNING (fl. 1855-1860)
Mount Vernon in the Olden Time: Washington at 30 Years of Age, 1856
Line and stipple engraving, 23 1/16 x 27 ¾ in.
New York: Published by the Artists Association
22) GEORGE R. HALL (b. 1818) after JOHN WHETTON EHNINGER (1827-1889)
Washington’s First Interview with His Wife, 1863
Line and stipple engraving, 23 ½ x 28 1/8 in.
New York: Printed by H. E. Coates; Published by Pike’s New York Opera House Association
23) JOHN CHESTER BUTTRE (1821-1893) after WILLIAM OLIVER STONE (1830-1875) after JOHN WOLLASTON (1710-1775?)
Martha Washington, ca. 1863
Steel engraving with mezzotint, 30 x 22 3/8 in.
New York: Published and printed by John Chester Buttre
24) CURRIER & IVES after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Go. Washington, ca. 1865
Hand-colored lithograph, 18 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.
Gift of Howard W. Lang, 1964
25) CURRIER & IVES after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Martha Washington, ca. 1865
Hand-colored lithograph, 18 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.
Gift of Howard W. Lang, 1964
26) HENRY BRYAN HALL, JR. (fl. 1850-1900) after ALONZO CHAPPEL (1828-1887)
Washington at Home, 1867
Line and stipple engraving, 31 ¾ x 25 in.
27) ANONYMOUS after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Geo. Washington, ca. 1870
Chromolithograph, 20 1/8 x 15 ¼ in.
28) ALFRED WALTER ELSON (b. 1859) after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
[George Washington], 1893
Photogravure with remarqué [portrait of Gilbert Stuart], 34 7/8 x 25 in.
Boston: Published by A. W. Elson & Co.
Gift of the publisher, 1893
29) Attributed to ALFRED WALTER ELSON (b. 1859) after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
Martha Washington, 1893
Photogravure with remarqué [Mt. Vernon], 35 x 27 7/8 in.
Boston: Published by A. W. Elson & Co.
Gift of the publisher, 1893
DECORATIVE ARTS:
30) ANONYMOUS after JOHN TRUMBULL (1756-1843)
Genl. Washington, 1783
Fan with ivory sticks and engraving with watercolor, pen, brush and ink, white highlights on paper, 11 x 20 in.
London: Published by John Cock
Athenæum purchase, 1976
31) ANONYMOUS
The Death of General Washington, ca. 1800
Engraving on cotton, 19 ½ x 20 7/8 in.
Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Choate, 1980
32) ANONYMOUS after GILBERT STUART (1755-1828)
The Effect of Principle. Behold the Man, ca. 1806
Engraving on cotton, 12 x 12 ¼ in.
Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Choate, 1980
33) AMERICAN PRINT WORKS
[George Washington Commemorative Textile Fragment], 1876
Colored engraving on cotton, 20 ½ x 21 ½ in.
Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Choate, 1980
BOOKS:
34) JACQUES DE SOLLEYSELL (1617-1680)
The Compleat Horseman
London: J. Walthose, 1729
35) [ROBERT DOSSIE (fl. 1764)]
The Handmaid To the Arts, 2 vols.
London: J. Nourse, 1764
36) HENRY HOME, LORD KAMES (1696-1782)
The Gentleman Farmer, An Attempt to Improve Agriculture
Dublin: James Williams, 1779
37) WILLIAM BARTRAM (1738-1823)
Travels Through North & South Carolina, East & West Florida, The Cherokee Country,
The Extensive Territories Of the Muscogulges, Or Creek Confederac, And The Country of the Chactaw
Philadelphia: James & Johnson, 1791
38) [WILLIAM HALIBURTON]
Effects of the Stage on the Manners of a People: and the Propriety of encouraging and establishing a virtuous Theater
Boston: Young and Etheridge, 1792
39) JEDIDIAH MORSE (1761-1826)
The American Universal Geography, 2 vols.
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793 (v. 1);
Boston: Young and Etheridge for the author and Thomas Andrews, 1793 (v. 2)