Mount Vernon, Virginia
Datec. 1808
Engraver
William Russell Birch
(British, 1755 - 1834)
Publisher
William Russell Birch
(British, 1755 - 1834)
Geography
Published -
United States
DimensionsOverall (framed): 12 7/8 in. x 13 37/8 in. (32.7 cm x 35.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John and Diana Zentay Collection, 2006
Object numberEV-6860
DescriptionThis print is an early view of the Mount Vernon Mansion and Estate. In the forground there are horses depicted on the lawn.Published ReferencesEmily T. Cooperman, The Country Seats of the United States: William Russell Birch, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008), 34.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: “Mount Vernon, Virginia, the Seat of the late Gen. G. Washington. / Drawn, Engraved & Published by W. Birch, Springland near Bristol Pennsylva.”
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1832
c.1820
published 1835
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