Mount Vernon, The Seat of the Late Genl. G. Washington.

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Date1804

After William Russell Birch (British, 1755 - 1834)

Engraver Samuel Seymour (American, active 1796 - 1823)

Geography Published - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored engraving, etching.

DimensionsImage (H x W): 11 7/16 in. × 16 in. (29.05 cm × 40.64 cm) Print sheet visible (H x W): 12 1/4 in. × 16 in. (31.12 cm × 40.64 cm) Overall framed (H x W): 15 3/4 in. × 19 3/8 in. (40.01 cm × 49.21 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Wilmarth Lewis in memory of her aunt, Annie Burr Jennings, Vice Regent for Connecticut, 1939

Object numberM-1087

DescriptionThis print is a view of the Mount Vernon mansion from the northeast. In the foreground is a brown horse that is bounding away from the mansion. On the right there is a white horse, whose reins are being held by an African-American enslaved worker in a red coat. Next to him are two women in white dresses holding parasols.
Published ReferencesCharles Henry Hart, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early American Engraving Upon Copper, 1727-1850 (New York, NY: Grolier Club, 1908), 80.

MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Drawn by W. Birch." Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Engraved by S. Seymour." Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Mount Vernon, The Seat of the Late Genl. G. Washington / Philadelphia, Published March 15. 1804."

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