"Patriae Pater (Father Of His Country)" by Rembrandt Peale, Amer., (1779-1860) Engraving on thick buff colored wove

on thick buff colored wove paper with small but original margins

Top and side margins trimmed

well known for his turn of the century advertising posters and book illustrations

and even when an image is difficult to look at

"Patriae Pater (Father Of His Country)" by Rembrandt Peale, Amer., (1779-1860) Engraving on thick buff colored woveLithograph on wove paper, 1827, 19 3 16 x 15 6 16, signed in the stone at l. l. "Drawn on Stone by Rembrandt Peale" "Copyright secured 1827" at center, and "Pendeltons Lithography Boston" at lower right. Below this in large script is the title "Washington", and below this "From the Original Portrait Painted by Rembrandt Peale". Considerable toning, most noticeably at the edges of the substantial margins, which show only minor edge loss at the left