The Home of Washington

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Date1893-1910

After Thomas Prichard Rossiter (American, 1818 - 1871)

After Louis Rémy Mignot (American, 1831 - 1870)

Engraver Thomas Oldham Barlow (English, 1824 - 1889)

Publisher John McClure (American active c.1893 - 1929)

Subject George Washington (American, 1732 - 1799)

Subject Martha Washington (American, 1731 - 1802)

Subject Marquis de Lafayette (French, 1757 - 1834)

Subject George Washington Parke Custis (American, 1781 - 1857)

Subject Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (American, 1779 - 1852)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; line and stipple engraving on steel

DimensionsImage (H x W): 18 3/4 in. × 29 7/8 in. (47.63 cm × 75.88 cm) Plate (H x W): 23 in. × 33 in. (58.42 cm × 83.82 cm) Overall (H x W): 24 1/2 in. × 34 1/2 in. (62.23 cm × 87.63 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985

Object numberSC-181

DescriptionHistorical scene showing George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette on the piazza of Mount Vernon. George Washington and Lafayette stand at the center of the piazza. Washington has his arms crossed and is wearing a black suit. Lafayette leans toward Washington with one arm on the back of a chair. Sitting on the piazza is Martha Washington with a young girl laying her head on Martha's lap and another woman sitting at a table with Martha. Sitting on the lawn in front of the piazza are an enslaved African-American woman and a young boy playing with a toy cannon with two dogs. In the background can be seen the Potomac River with ships cruising on it. In front of the Potomac are trees with a summer house in the distance and animals and people milling about the lawn.

Published ReferencesAntiques Magazine, (March, 1945): 166-7.

William Coolidge Lane, A Catalogue of the Washington Collection in the Boston Athenaeum, (Boston, 1897), 378.

MarkingsPrinted on a newspaper in the hand of Lafayette: "Pennsylvania CAZ". Printed below image on left in block script: "Painted by T. P. Rossiter & L. R. Mignot.". Printed below image centered in block script: "Published by J. McClure, 594 Broadway, New York.". Printed below image on right in block script: "Engraved by Thomas Oldham Barlow.". Printed below image on right in cursive script: "The Home of Washington". Printed below image centered in italic script: "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by T. P. Rossiter and L. R. Mignot in the Clerk's Office at the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.".

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