Washington’s Moussion – Mount Vernon
DateAfter 1943
Geography
Probably made -
Germany
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; etching.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 3/4 in. x 16 in. (29.85 cm x 40.64 cm)
Plate (H x W): Unknown, not visible.
Image (H x W): 8 3/4 in. x 12 in. (22.23 cm x 30.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. C. Lalor Burdick, Vice Regent Emerita for Delaware, 1990
Object numberEV-3962/RP-505
DescriptionLandscape format view of the west front of the Mount Vernon mansion. The house is framed by trees and the colonnades to the left and right of the house are visible as well as a small portion of an outbuilding, the gardener's house, on the left. In front of the mansion are a number of indistinct figures viewing or entering the mansion. SignedIn pencil below the image and image's title: "Original widmung von Professor Paul Geissler".
In print in the lower-right corner of the image: "Paul Geissler".
In pencil below the image on the right: “Paul Geissler”.
MarkingsIn print in the bottom-right corner of the image: "Paul Geissler / Mount Vernon".
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1859-1861
1859-1861
published 1835
