Description
This print reproduces Albert Newsam’s 1846 lithograph of George Washington, published in Philadelphia by C. S. Williams and printed by P. S. Duval. The sheet belongs to the series Portraits of the Presidents. Newsam drew matching oval busts of the early presidents on stone. Hand-colored impressions were sold as parlor pictures. The head follows the Stuart Athenaeum type that had already become the national face of Washington.
This is a popular lithograph, not Gilbert Stuart’s oil at the Clark Art Institute and not the White House Collection Lansdowne-type canvas. Companion Newsam stones of Adams, Jefferson, Madison, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison are sold separately here. The 1846 copyright was entered in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
This listing is a contemporary reproduction of the historic print, not an original impression. Choose fine art paper, luster photo paper, or mounted canvas.
