1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Washington Family is a 1798 ink by Edward Savage, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows five people in a room, dressed in fancy 18th-century clothes. A man sits in a chair, holding a rolled-up paper and a sword. Next to him, a woman in a big dress holds a fan. Two kids stand nearby—one with a globe under his arm, the other holding a bird. A standing man in a dark coat leans against the wall. The title at the bottom says *The Washington Family*, but the artist used a different method than paint—they etched lines into metal to create this picture. The details are made by tiny dots and lines, not brushstrokes. Next, check out how this was made with engraving.
Edward Savage painted America’s first power family in a room full of clues. The Washington Family shows George and Martha Washington seated with two of Martha’s grandchildren and a young man standing behind them. The…
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