"Patriae Pater (Father Of His Country)" by Rembrandt Peale, Amer., (1779-1860) Engraving 11 x 10-1/2

11 x 10-1/2

Top and side margins trimmed

a fine impression of this desirable New York subject

grayish wove paper

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

"Patriae Pater (Father Of His Country)" by Rembrandt Peale, Amer., (1779-1860) Engraving 11 x 10-1/2Lithograph 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