(WASHINGTON GEORGE PRINTS) Savage Edward; artist and engrav

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(WASHINGTON, GEORGE--PRINTS.) Savage, Edward; artist and engraver. The Washington Family / La Famille de Washington. Stipple engraving, 19 x 24 inches to sight; trimmed with loss of some caption text and imprint line, spot-mounted to mat on top and bottom edges with slight staining. [London: Savage & Wilkinson, 1798]

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The first engraving of this famous painting, described by Morgan as "one of the most important of the Washington portraits." Depicts Washington with Mrs. Washington, her two grandchildren, and his longtime valet William Lee, a slave who would be freed upon Washington's death the following year. Washington has his hand on a map of the capital city which bore his name. Based on a portrait of Washington which Savage painted from life in 1789. Four copies were delivered to Washington. Hart 235; Morgan, Life Portraits of Washington, pages 183-6.