Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Washington and the Duche Letter, Valley Forge 1777
1859
Edward S. Best; C. Schuessele; John M. Butler
USA: Pennsylvania
Steel engraving on paper
overall: 27 x 21 in.; 68.58 x 53.34 cm
Gift of Dr. William L. and Mary B. Guyton Collection
97.067.2

Engraving of George Washington; portrait of seated Washington; after portrait by Schuessele; Washington sitting in chair at desk; sword leans on chair; Washington clutching papers in right hand; coat falling off table; reads lower right "C. Schuessele/ 1851[?]"; beneath image reads "PAINTED BY C. SCHUESSELE/ Entered according to act of Congress in the years 1859 by John M. Butler in the clerk's office fo the District of court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania/ ENGRAVED BY EDWARD S. BEST / PUBLISHED BY JOHN M. BUTLER 242 CHESTNUT STREET. PHILADa."; lower right signature "G. Washington".