(WASHINGTON GEORGE PRINTS) After Heath James; engraver; and

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(WASHINGTON, GEORGE--PRINTS.) After Heath, James; engraver; and [Gilbert] Stuart. General Washington. Engraving, 22 x 14 inches; trimmed to within plate mark with loss of publication credits, mounted on board, moderate browning, one corner creased, another corner lightly dampstained, two small scuff marks. [London, after 1800]

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Heath copied this image without permission from the Stuart portrait of Washington then owned by the Marquess of Lansdowne. Adding to the insult, he miscredited the artist as "Gabriel Stuart." Finally, a third party produced this copy of Heath's pirated image, identifiable by faint machine ruling in the shoes and draperies. "In other words, it is a forgery, and none the less interesting for that reason"--Hart, Portraits of Washington, 287.