Inscription
text on monument in plate:
Sacred to the Memory of the / truly Illustrious / GEORGE WASHINGTON, Renowned in / War, Great in the Senate, and / possessed of every Qualification / to render him worthy of the Title of / a GREAT and GOOD MAN. / BORN Feb. 22, 1732. Ob. Dec. 14, 1799.
Provenance
(Stephen V. Nagy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Exhibition History
- 1963
- Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963
- 1981
- Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981
- 1981
- The World Turned Upside Down, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, DC, 1981-1982
- 1989
- Hail, Washington, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, DC, 1989
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