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THB1897 George Washington Albert Rosenthal Die Proof Etching Limited Edition of 20
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1897 George Washington Print Etched by (Albert) Rosenthal Limited Edition of Only Twenty Engraved Die Proof Prints
May 25, 1897-Dated, "GEORGE WASHINGTON" Print Etched by (Albert) Rosenthal, After the original Miniature by John Ramage, Printed by E. Opitz, Philadelphia, PA, with Subcriber Listing Limited to 20 Copies, Choice Extremely Fine.
Impressive (Albert) Rosenthal engraved, 3" x 2" Die Proof Print on a larger sheet, measuring to 14" x 11" that is nice for display. Image shows an Oval Portrait of General George Washington in his military uniform, taken after the 1789 "miniature by Ramage, in the possession of Mrs. Moses S. Beach." Penciled notations read: "R. Sc.," "No. 15," and "H 211." Original traces of the printer's black-ink fingerprints on left margin, not affecting image. "Twenty sets in four states of this plate printed and subscribed for by...". This example number 18 in pencil at bottom edge, coordinating to stated subscriber, "Joseph F. Sabin." Joseph F. Sabin (1846 - 1927) was active/lived in New York and is known for being an Illustrator, Etcher. Together with its original full listing of 20 Subscribers, being printed on a tissue overlay in the lower right corner of the large sheet. A very scarce limited edition of 20 Engraved Die Proof Prints of George Washington.
Albert Rosenthal (1863 - 1939) was was born in Philadelphia, active/lived in Pennsylvania, New York. Albert Rosenthal is known for his portrait, figure and landscape painting, etching, lithography. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art under his father Max Rosenthal; the Acadmie Julian, Paris in 1980; l'cole des Beaux-Arts under Jean Leon Grme, and also in Munich.
Rosenthal was a member of the Washington Art Club, Salmagundi Club, Charcoal Club in Baltimore, the Locust Club in Philadelphia and the American Federation of Art.
He received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and a bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, 1915. Rosenthal also exhibited at the Salon of Independent Artists in 1917 and the Salons of America.
Albert Rosenthal's research material on Early American Art consists of articles on artists, notes about portrait painters, typescript copies of letters of or about early American artists, among them Rembrandt Peale, G.P.A. Healy, and John Rampage, several original letters, including 5 from John Quincy Adams Ward to various people, and one from Ben Silliman to Asher B. Durand, and an engraved copy of a letter from Ben Franklin to Mr. Strahan, July 5, 1775.
Other material includes files on Rosenthal's portraits of French officers who served in the American Revolution; Gilbert Stuart's (George) Washington portraits, 1922-1923; the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia (includes correspondence with Jules Mastbaum, the founder of the museum, and others, 1925-1932); Jean Antoine Houdon's busts of Washington and Lafayette, 1925-1932; Harry T. Peters' book "America on Stone", 1931.
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