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William Sharp, engraver : with a descriptive catalogue of his works

American Engravers and Their Works

"American Engravers and Their Works" by W.S. Baker, 1875.

The engraved portraits of Washington

Catalogs 434 engravings of George Washington.

Medallic portraits of Washington

Americans of the present era miss the veneration accorded to the Father of Our Country in former times. So numerous were these tributes that eventually order was in order, and Baker accepted the challenge, issuing not only this catalog of over six hundred Washington medals, but also three associated works dedicated to biographies, engraved portraits, and character sketches of the first President. Washingtonia was an early numismatic craze, fueled by the creation of the Washington Cabinet of medals inaugurated by the U.S. Mint in 1860. The Cabinet was noteworthy enough to inspire its own medal, Baker-326, which combined an adaptation of Houdon?s celebrated Washington bust with a rendering of the Cabinet display. America being America, public adulation piqued commercial interest, which did not shy from occassionally muling Washington with lesser subjects, "a perversion of true medallic purposes" in Baker's opinion, whose own work has endured and remains highly regarded. Voted #49 of the top one hundred numismatic literature items by the Numismatic Bibliomania Society.

Character portraits of Washington

[351 p. 27 x 21 cm,"Edition limited to three hundred and fifty copies."]

Preface: "It is the purpose of these pages to exhibit the character of Washington as understood and portrayed by some of the best writers and thinkers...The character of Washington is a national possession."

Bibliotheca Washingtoniana

A Descriptive List of the Biographies and Biographical Sketches of Geroge Washington. Philadelphia, 1889.