PSSR Accession Number: PSSR.56
Object Name
1. Hierarchical: Communication Artifacts
2. Classification: Art
3. Object Term: Painting
Description: Bust-length portrait of George Washington in powdered wig, facing to the viewer's left, wearing a Revolutionary officer's uniform of navy coat with buff collar and lapels, dress gold epaulets and several gold-tone buttons, white shirt with sheer jabot. The subject enclosed in a "porthole" of simulated stone, as if the viewer were looking through the porthole at Washington.
Handsome plain molded good frame (with moldings of contrasting matte and shiny gold finish) with plaque mounted at lower center engraved "Washington Rembrandt Peale"
The PSSR Centennial Register indicates that the 'Porthole' portrait of Washington is one of several by Peale derived from his 1850 equestrian portrait of Washington (the Patraie Pater). These smaller portraits use the same head as the equestrian image but are reduced and modified in appearance. Collectively they have come to be known as The George Washington Copy, available in military or civilian dress with the figure facing to the left or the right.
Paper labels on reverse include: 1) on side rail, "Bin 2-D" (orange adhesive circle label); 2) on top rail, "Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, 1300 Locust Street..." the rest of the text not visible behind the foam-kor; 3) on top rail, "The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Portraits by Charles Peale, Rembrandt Peale and James Peale, 1923" with stamp "99"; the rest of the text not visible behind the foam-kor
Marked (yes or no): yes
If yes, transcribe directly:
Date of Manufacture: 1855
Company or Place of Manufacture: Philadelphia
Materials: oil paint, canvas, wood, brass
Overall dimensions in inches:
1. height: 45"
2. width: 37 1/2"
3. depth: 3 1/2"
