Robert Nisbet

Washington, the Surveyor's Assistant

Maker

Robert Nisbet (American, 1879-1961), designer
George Washington Memorial Association, Inc. (American, ca. 1932), publisher

Title

Washington, the Surveyor's Assistant
The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington

Year

1932

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 22.5 x 32.4 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:number 2 in graphite LL corner under platemark
Signed by artist in graphite LR corner under platemark

Marks: Watermarks:(initials GW inscribed in circle) and (bird with upraised wings above shield with stars)

Label: Pursuing his education, George, now sixteen, is shown, accompanied by George William Fairfax, helping James Genn to survey the domain of Lord Fairfax of Virginia.(From Museum label on verso of mat.)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Edward S. Brackett, Jr.

Object Number

56.041.4

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Robert Nisbet (American, 1879-1961), designer
George Washington Memorial Association, Inc. (American, ca. 1932), publisher
Washington, the Surveyor's Assistant; The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington, 1932
etching
Plate/Image: 22.5 x 32.4 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches)
Gift of Edward S. Brackett, Jr. 56.041.4

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