Inscribed Copy of Baker on Washington Engravings

Baker, W.S. THE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON, WITH NOTICES OF THE ORIGINALS AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PAINTERS. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880. Small 4to, original brown cloth; spine and front cover lettered in gilt; chocolate endpapers. 211, (1) pages; 434 detailed descriptions; general index and index to artists. Inscribed by the author to William J. Campbell and dated March 26, 1887. Author’s bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Hinges cracked; very good or better. Baker’s work on the engravings of Washington is important and not without numismatic relevance. Artists discussed by Baker include Charles Willson Peale, Pierre Eugène du Simitière, Joseph Wright, Jean-Antoine Houdon, John Trumbull, Gilbert Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, William Birch, and others. William J. Campbell, to whom this copy was inscribed by the author, was a notable dealer in engravings.