This grayscale print depicts a family scene with four people at a table and another person in the background. On the left, an older man with light skin and white hair is seated on an ornate chair with his legs crossed. He has a long nose and thin lips in a neutral expression. He is dressed in what appears to be a military uniform, with a long, buttoned coat over a white shirt and knee-high boots with buckles. He faces the right, and his left arm rests on a table at the center of the print that is covered with a draped black cloth. Upon it are papers, a large map, and a sword. To the left of…
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The Washington Family

Edward Savage (American, 1761 - 1817)

1798

Medium
stipple engraving and engraving on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 47.94 x 62.39 cm (18 7/8 x 24 9/16 in.) ; sheet: 53.02 x 69.06 cm (20 7/8 x 27 3/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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