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Washington at Home of Mount Vernon in 1796

Record Photography, 2015 Inventory
Washington at Home of Mount Vernon in 1796
Record Photography, 2015 Inventory
Record Photography, 2015 Inventory
Status
Not on view
Date1860
After (British, 1755 - 1834)
Publisher (American, active c. 1860)
Subject (American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject (American, 1731 - 1802)
Subject (American, 1779 - 1852)
Subject (American, 1781 - 1857)
Geography Printed - United States
DimensionsOverall: 17 3/4 in. x 21 7/8 in. (45.09 cm x 55.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Wilmarth Lewis in memory of her aunt, Annie Burr Jennings, Vice Regent for Connecticut, 1939
Object numberM-1087/Y
DescriptionThis print is an image of the east front of the Mount Vernon mansion with the Potomac River in the background. In the foreground are a number of figures in nineteenth century dress, as well as horse and livestock in the scene. The Washington family is visible seated around a table on the piazza.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "Engraved Expressly for Milliette's Illustrated Magazine for 1860. / Washington at Home / or / Mount Vernon in 1796. / Drawn & Engraved & Printed by T.S. Wagner, 38 Hudson St. Phil."
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