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Robert Nisbet

Washington, the Surveyor's Assistant,

Description

Maker

Title

Washington, the Surveyor's Assistant

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

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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.)

Type

Credit

Gift of Edward S. Brackett, Jr.

Object Number

56.041.4

About

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

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.)

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