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The lettering reads, "Done from an original Drawn from the Life, by Alex'r Campbell of Williamsburg in Virginia. Published as the act directs 9 Sept'r 1775 by C. Shepherd." It is the first engraved portrait of Washington, and was issued to satisfy the English curiosity concerning the new commander-in-chief of the rebels. From the original print in the possession of Mr. W.F. Havemeyer, of New York.