Portraits of Washington
By: [by] Gustavus A. Eisen ...
Contributors: Dearden, Clarence J., joint author.; Conrow, Wilford Seymour, 1880- joint author.
Publisher: R. Hamilton & Associates
Published: 1932
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits; Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Monuments; Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Notes: Bibliography: vol. III, p. 969-989.
Paged continuously.
Reproduction of George Washington's book-plate on lining papers.
Some of the plates have descriptive letterpress on versos facing the plates.
"This edition ... autographed by the author is limited to three hundred sets of three volumes." This set is neither numbered nor signed.
"Gustavus Augustus Eisen, reproduction of a portrait by Wilford S. Conrow and an appreciation by Professor A.T. Olmstead" ([3] p. incl. mounted port.) laid in.
Table of contents: title: I. Portraits in oil painted by Gilbert Stuart, by G.A. Eisen assisted by C.J. Dearden.; title: II. Portraits in oil painted by Charles Willson Peale and others; also miniatures, crayons, charcoal and line drawings by James Sharples, C.B.J.F. de Saint Mémin and others, by G.A. Eisen.; title: III. Sculptured portraits, including statues, busts, reliefs, and masks, in wax, marble, and plaster, by G.A. Eisen assisted by W.S. Conrow.