Washington at Mount Vernon
Date1859
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis
(American, 1779 - 1852)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; line engraving, etching
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (16.51 cm x 24.77 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1992
Object numberPrint-4091/RP-554
DescriptionThis print is an agricultural scene of George Washington overseeing his farmlands. He is joined by his young grandaughter. There are a number of black enslaved workers harvesting grain on the right side of the image. 1859
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image, centered: "Washington at Mount Vernon / New York. Virtue & Yorston".
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