Washington, The Surveyor's Assistant
Artist
Robert Hogg Nisbet
(American, 1879 - 1961)
Publisher
Henry E. Carling
CultureAmerican
Date1932
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 8 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (20.7 x 30.8 cm)
Overall: 13 x 17 7/16 in. (33 x 44.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
Overall: 13 x 17 7/16 in. (33 x 44.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedSigned in pencil lower right below platemark: "Robert Nisbet". "J.T.A." and "#2" lower right of mat. Paper watermarked with a hand lower left and part of a face lower right and "F.I.H." upside down and backwards right top edge.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.105B
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. No. 2 of the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington. Printed in London by Henry Carling.Label TextRobert Hogg Nisbet American (1889-1961) Washington the Surveyor's Assistant, 1932 Etching 55.28.105 bExhibition History"First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001.
