George Washington

1. Edward Savage, Princeton, New Jersey, 1793-July 6, 1817; George Savage, Boston, July 6, 1817-unknown. Amanda W. Savage and Caroline H. Savage, Fitchburg, MA, by 1882. Charles H. Savage, Chicago and Green Lake County, Wisconsin, November 12, 1891-Jnauary 1918; Catherine Colvin, Lake Forest, IL, January 1918-February 1921; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, February 1921.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Boston, Massachusetts, The Old South Meeting House, 1882.
• New York, Avery Galleries, Dec. 1892.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Portraits of Men, Women and Children, Jan. 2–15, 1895, cat. 363.
• New York, Union League Club, A Collection of Portraits by American Artists Born Prior to the 19th Century, Feb. 1895, cat. 23.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, Retrospective Exhibition of American Paintings, Nov. 1895–May 1896, cat. 209.
• Art Institute of Chicago, long–term loan, Feb. 1918–1921.
• Washington DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, George Washington Bicentennial: Exhibition of Portraits of George Washington and His Associates, Mar. 5–Nov. 24, 1932, cat. 23.
• Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 421.
• Art Institute of Chicago, From Colony to Nation: An Exhibition of American Painting, Silver and Architecture from 1650 to the War of 1812, Apr. 21–June 19, 1949, cat. 101.
• Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Edward Savage, 1761–1817, Jan. 4–Mar. 8, 1953, cat. 23.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].

• Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 13, 2 (Feb. 1919) p. 25 (ill.).
• The American Magazine of Art, 10, 12 (October 1919) p. 464 (ill.).
• Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 70, 4 (July–August 1976), 13–16 (ill.).
• Wendy Wick, "George Washington, An American Icon, the Eighteenth–Century Graphic Portraits," exh. cat. (Smithsonian 1982) fig. 28, 42.

Portrait of Edward Savage

Art Institute of Chicago

The Washington Family

Art Institute of Chicago

George Washington

Art Institute of Chicago

George Washington

Art Institute of Chicago

Nighthawks

Art Institute of Chicago

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ideal Pastoral Life

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman in Tears

Art Institute of Chicago

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