Mount Vernon on the Potomac
Datec.1927
Artist
Joseph Finnemore
(English, 1860 - 1939)
Geography
Made -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; etching and lithograph.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 17 1/4 in. x 22 in. (43.82 cm x 55.88 cm)
Plate: Not visible.
Image (H x W): 11 1/8 in. x 16 7/8 in. (28.26 cm x 42.86 cm)
Credit LineMount Vernon Collection
Object numberEV-5098/RP-775
DescriptionHorizontal, rectangular print of Mount Vernon’s west front. The mansion is in the center of the image with ladders on its roof and chimneys and the American flag raised on the south end of the roof. The circle is in the foreground with a sundial at its center. The image is framed by trees and shadows in the left foreground. Figures can be seen in left and center doorways and beyond the north colonnade.SignedIn pencil below the image, lower-right: “J. Finnemore”.
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c. 1794
1650-1775
Probably 1929
c. 1876
c. 1801-1803