Mount Vernon
Date1842
After
William Henry Bartlett
(English, 1809 - 1854)
Publisher
Charles Thomas and Company
Other
Jared Sparks
(American, 1789 - 1866)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 3/8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (28.89 cm x 14.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rose T Briggs, 1965
Object numberEV-1166/RP-109
DescriptionHorizontal, rectangular print of an east view of Mount Vernon. The mansion is situated in the right atop a grassy hill. In the foreground, three figures are gathered around a dog on the east lawn. To their left, a child facing away from the viewer gestures to a man with outstretched arms standing on the hill. In the distance, a couple points up to the mansion from the bottom of the hill. Trees surround the lawn on the left and boats pass on the Potomac River in the background.MarkingsPrinted above image in center: “ILLUSTRATIONS / [missing] -F THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE [missing] / WASHINGTON.” Printed below image in center: “Mount Vernon. / EDITED BY / JARED SPARKS. / BOSTON. / PUBLISHED BY CHARLES THOMAS & CO. 11 CORNHILL. / 1842 / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1842 by C.Thomas & Co. in the Clerks office in the District Court of Massachusetts.”
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c. 1850
