Mount Vernon (Rear View) in 1796

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Datec. 1855

Printmaker James Duthie (American, active c.1850 - 1860)

Artist George Isham Parkyns (English, 1749 - 1820)

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, hand colored etching

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 5 5/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (14.29 cm x 20.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John H. Guy, Jr., Vice Regent for Virginia, 1992

Object numberEV-4136/RP-556

DescriptionHorizontal, rectangular view of the west front of Mount Vernon. In the foreground, two gentlemen are seated on horses. A couple stands to their left and a dog stands to the right. In the right distance there is a three-masted ship on the Potomac River. The view is framed on the left by a large tree and a boulder occupies the right foreground.
Published ReferencesE. McSherry Fowble, Two Centuries of Prints in America 1680-1880. (Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1987), 88-89. (general reference)

Eleanor M. McPeck, "George Isham Parkyns: Artist and Landscape Architect, 1749—1820," The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 30 (3): 171-182. (general reference).

MarkingsPrinted at the lower left of the image: “G.I. Parkyns del”. Printed at the lower right of the image: “J. Duthie, sculp”. Printed at bottom center of print: “Mount Vernon/(Rear View)/in 1796”.

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