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Lot Number: 119
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c. 1777-1780 Exceptional Print “George Washington Eqer General and Commander en Chief of the Continental Army in America ...Williambourg Capitale de la Virginie.”

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1777-Dated Revolutionary War Hand-Colored Engraved Print titled, “GEORGE WASHINGTON, Eqer. General and Commander en Chief of the Continental Army in America.” Below (in French), d’Apres l’Original de Champbell [sic] Peintre de Williambourg Capitale de la Virginie.”, likely published in Paris, Framed, Extremely Fine.

GEORGE WASHINGTON Print with dual captions in English and French: “George Washington Eqer General and Commander en Chief of the Continental Army in America.” Bottom edge text in French reads: “d’Apres l’Original de Champbell [sic] Peintre de Williambourg Capitale de la Virginie.” Likely published in Paris, c. 1777 to 1780. 1 page, measuring 7.75” x 11.75”. Absolutely lovely and highly attractive, it is drum-mounted on board having all original full Hand-coloring. Its distressed period designed frame measures fully 14.5” x 10” with special protective UV Plexiglas. This line engraving is derived from the original portrait after “Alexander Campbell” with the extreme facial elements after the Nuremberg version of the print. This print enjoys the independent addition of two Battle Flags placed within the image to flank the portrait of General Washington holding his sword at the ready. Very rare and desirable, perfect for display. Provenance: In the famed collection of 18th and early 19th century works assembled by Zachary T. Hollingsworth (1848-1925); upon his death in 1925 bequeathed it to his son Valentine, who upon his death in 1942, bequeathed it to his son Mark Hollingsworth. Ex collection of the wife of Mark Hollingsworth.
Winterthur catalogs their copy, noting that “there is no record of a painter or draughtsman by the name of Alexander Campbell in Williamsburg at this time. Though the image is here credited as ‘drawn from life’, Washington himself wrote otherwise while complimenting the print: ‘Mr. Campbell, whom I never saw to my knowledge, has made a very formidable figure of the Commander-in-Chief, giving him a sufficient portion of terror in his countenance.’”
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Lot Number: 119
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