Uncommon memorial engraving of George Washington by intaglio-chromographic and electrographic engraver John I. Donlevy, 15.25 x 17.75, entitled "Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious Champion of Liberty General George Washington, First President of the United States of America." Originally issued by Donlevy in 1838, this example likely represents the second state published circa 1870, and features a stipple-engraved portrait of Washington based on Gilbert Stuart’s Athenaeum painting, with the bust done in swirls. The lettering is executed with cursive flourishes, shadows, and italics, and above the portrait is an engraved eagle, with arrows clutched in its talons and laurel and American flag in its beak. Matted to a slightly larger size. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, and a repaired tear to the upper right blank area.