WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. TRUMBULL, JOHN, after. General Washington. London: Valentine Gree...

WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. TRUMBULL, JOHN, after. General Washington. London: Valentine Green, January 15th, 1781. Mezzotint on paper, 634 x 405 mm, matted and framed. Trimmed close to lower platemark, light creases, a few closed tears, 2 briefly affecting image, others in margin only, small piece from top margin, faint spots in margin. This engraved portrait of Washington and his servant Billy Lee by Valentine Green was one of the first portraits seen by most Europeans and was based on a painting by John Trumbull. Trumbull had been Washington's second personal aide until he resigned his post in 1777. This, his first portrait of the General was done from memory in 1780. See Stan V. Henkels, The Hampton L. Carson Collection Catalogue of Engraved Portraits (Philadelphia, 1804), no 906; William S. Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington (Philadelphia, 1880), no 147; Charles Henry Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York, 1904), no 84; Suzy Wetzel Grote, 'Engravings of George Washington in the Stanley DeForest Scott Collection,' The Magazine Antiques (July, 1977), p 131, fig 12; and Wendy Wick Reaves, George Washington, An American Icon: The Eighteenth Century Portraits, exhibition catalogue, The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Portrait Gallery (Washington DC, 1982), p 27, fig 14. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Without reserve For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing