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Engraving of Washington & His Family by John Sartain's Rendering of Christian Schussele's Painting of the "First Family"



Engraving, WASHINGTON AND HIS FAMILY, (Philadelphia: Bradley & Co., 1864) 7.75" x 24.75" on a 27.5" x 21" sheet. Engraved by John Sartain after the painting by Christian Schussele. Marked "PROOF" at lower right corner. Hand colored. Small soiled spot just above title, else very fine condition.




Pictured from left to right are Martha Washington, Eleanor Parke Custis, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, and William Lee.



John Sartain (1808-1897) was born in England and apprenticed as an engraver. Seeking to establish himself as a printmaker, he emigrated in 1830 to Philadelphia, where he remained for the rest of his life. Sartain has been called the "father of mezzotint engraving in the United States". As a painter in oil and watercolor as well as a printmaker, he was involved in art education, serving as a director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and on the board of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, now Moore College of Art and Design. Sartain also served as art director for the Centennial Exposition of 1876.



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