Nelly Custis in the Mount Vernon Garden
Date1906
Subject
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis
(American, 1779 - 1852)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; relief halftone in color
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (24.13 cm x 16.51 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1992
Object numberPrint-4112/RP-554
DescriptionThis print is a full length portrait depiction of Eleanor 'Nelly' Custis in the gardens on the Mount Vernon estate. SignedPrinted in ink in the bottom-right corner: "AWB".
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "Color drawing by Anna Whelan Betts / Nelly Custis in the Mount Vernon Garden / (See page 73)".
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c. 1796
c. 1837-1857
1850-1920
