Mount Vernon in Virginia, The Seat of the Late Gen'l Washington
Date1804
After
George Isham Parkyns
(English, 1749 - 1820)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; hand-colored engraving.
DimensionsOverall (EV-6859 [Landscape] Dimensions): 14 3/8 in. x 12 5/8 in. (36.51 cm x 32.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John and Diana Zentay Collection, 2006
Object numberEV-6859
DescriptionThis print depicts George Washington on horseback, lifting his hat to a man and woman, accompanied by another man on horseback on the front lawn of the Mount Vernon mansion, with a view of the west front in the background and the Potomac River at far right.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "G.I. Parkyns del."
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Mount Vernon in Virginia, the Seat of the late Genl. Washington / Published May 25 - 1804, by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Paul's Church Yard".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "T. Milton sculp."
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c. 1852
c. 1876
