Mount Vernon, West Front
Datec.1820
After
George Isham Parkyns
(English, 1749 - 1820)
Engraver
Paolo Fumagalli
(Italian, 1817 - 1839)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Probably made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper, hand-colored aquatint.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 13 3/4 in. x 16 1/4 in. (34.93 cm x 41.28 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 5 3/4 in. x 8 5/8 in. (14.61 cm x 21.91 cm)
Other (sight H x W): 6 3/4 in. x 9 1/4 in. (17.15 cm x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMount Vernon Collection
Object numberEV-3840/RP-459
DescriptionThis print is an early landscape view of the Mount Vernon mansion and estate grounds. There are figures in the foreground depicted strolling and riding.MarkingsPrinted in in above the upper-right corner of the image: “47”.
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: “P. Fumagalli f.”
Printed in ink on a sticker on the brown paper backing of the frame: “APC.120.4.B / RP-549 / EV-3840 / [Mount Vernon, West Front]”.
Printed in ink on a sticker on the brown paper backing of the frame: “CUSTOM FRAMED BY Mount Vernon Frame Shoppe / 8708 Richmond Hwy. Alexandria / (703) 780- 4985”.
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1832
c. 1808
1820-1821
published 1835
