Washington in 1772

Title

Washington in 1772

Description

In 1830, George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), commissioned American artist Anson Dickson (1779-1882) to paint a miniature copy of a portrait of his step-grandfather George Washington. Dickson created a miniature watercolor after Charles Wilson Peale’s 1772 painting George Washington in the Uniform of a Colonel in the Virginia militia. Dickson later hired engraver James W. Steel (1799-1879) to produce an engraving after his miniature—pictured above.

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Identifier

82.54.26

Creator

James W. Steel (1799-1879); Anson Dickinson, Esq.; George W. Custis

Date

ca. 1830

Citation

James W. Steel (1799-1879); Anson Dickinson, Esq.; George W. Custis, “Washington in 1772,” Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library Online Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, https://srmmlonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/1066.