Life of George Washington, The Christian
Status
Not on viewDate1853
After
Junius Brutus Stearns
(American, 1810 - 1885)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject
Martha Washington
(American, 1731 - 1802)
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored lithograph
DimensionsOverall: 21 in. x 31 in. (53.34 cm x 78.74 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Gibby, 1984
Object numberWB-55A1
DescriptionThis print is an image of George Washington on his deathbed at Mount Vernon on December 14, 1799.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom left corner of the image: "Lith. by Regnier".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Lith. by Regnier. Imp. Lemercier, Paris."
Printed in ink below the image: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. / Life of George Washington. / The Christian. / "...he then asked if I recollected any thing which it was essential for him to do, as he had a very short time to tarry with us. I told him that I could recollect nothing but that I hoped he was not so near his end. He observed smiling that he certainly was, and that it was a debt we must all pay he looked to the event with perfect resignation." [Sparks. Life of Washington.]" / Goupil & Co. New York, Paris, London, & Berlin."
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1832
