Washington Related
Signed Etching by Albert Rosenthal “General Washington Pencil Sketch” 1898
1898, Signed Etching by Albert Rosenthal, titled, “Pencil Sketch of General Washington,” based upon “from life taken by Chas. Willson Peale 1787.” Choice Extremely Fine.
This original artwork measures 6.5” x 4.5” uncolored image, printed upon a large 16” x 12” sheet. Signed in pencil by Albert Rosenthal below the print. This sketch was “from life taken by Chas. Willson Peale 1787.” (The third “7” in “1777” is lined out and replaced below by “1787” in full). According to the imprint below the print, the “original” full pencil sketch is in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. A very “generous” (kind) rendering of George Washington, who probably didn’t look this youthful in 1787.