The Birthplace of Washington
Date1801
Publisher
Currier and Ives
(American, active 1834 - 1907)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored lithograph.
DimensionsOverall: (H x W):10 3/8 in. x 13 1/2 in. (26.35 cm x 34.29 cm)
Plate: Not visible.
Image: (H x W): 8 1/2 in. x 12 1/2 in. (21.59 cm x 31.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, 1936
Object numberM-1229
DescriptionThis print is a landscape of the birthplace and first home of George Washington. On the left side of the print is a view of boats on Bridge's Creek. There is a house in distance of the background. On the right is a cottage with a fenced in kitchen garden. In the space between the house and the creek are two large trees. The foreground has a number of felled logs shown. 1801
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image on the lower-left side: "Published by Currier & Ives".
Printed in ink below the image on the lower-right side: "125 Nassau St. New York".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "The Birth-Place of Washington. / At Bridges Creek, Westmoreland Co. Va. (Feby. 22nd. 1732.)" / This House commanded a view of the Potomac, and the opposite shore of Maryland. The roof was steep, and sloped [the rest of the text is obscured, the sheet has been trimmed]".
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c. 1850-1860
c. 1790
