Lot 71: HENRY FULLERTON 19TH CENTURY

HENRY FULLERTON 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Signed H. Fullerton, painter A profile view of Washington, in military uniform; a fort flying the American flag in the left background. In an eglomise mat; the back signed Jn A Trumbull Inscribed H. Fullerton Painter ink on paper diameter 3 inches

This likeness of George Washington is likely based off of the engraving by Joseph Wright of Philadelphia. While today there are only eight known surviving engraving by Wright the image served as the prototype for medals, medallions, and subsequent prints and drawings of the nation's foremost hero. Architect and writer Fiske Kimball wrote that this print "must be accounted among the most influential of his portraits, sharing with Stuart's three-quarter views and Houdon's bust (in) the creation of the President's likeness as it exists in the mind of the public."