Tomb of Washington
Date1848
After
Augustus Theodore Frederick Köllner
(German-American, 1812 - 1906)
Lithographer
Isidore-Laurent Deroy
(French, 1797 - 1886)
Printer
Cattier
(French, active c. 1831 - c. 1850)
Publisher
Goupil, Vibert, and Company
(French, 1827 - 1919)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper, hand-colored lithograph.
DimensionsImage (H x W): 8 in. × 11 3/4 in. (20.32 cm × 29.85 cm)
Overall Visible (H x W): 10 5/8 in. × 14 1/4 in. (26.99 cm × 36.2 cm)
Overall Framed (H x W): 15 3/4 in. × 19 1/2 in. (40.01 cm × 49.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eleanor R. Seaman, Vice Regent for Wisconsin, and Douglas Seaman, 1994
Object numberEV-4357/RP-645
DescriptionThis print is an image of the New Tomb of the Washingtons on the Mount Vernon estate. The Potomac River is visible on the right side of the print.Published ReferencesJean B. Lee, "Historical Memory, Sectional Strife, and the American Mecca: Mount Vernon, 1783-1853", The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 109, No. 3 (2001), 255-300.
MarkingsPrinted in ink above the image: "Mount-Vernon".
Printed in ink below the image:“New-York & Paris published by Goupil, Vilbert & Co. / 15 / Tomb of Washington / Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by Aug. Köllner, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York”.
Printed in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: “Drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner”.
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: “Lith. By Deroy - Printed by Cattier”.
Printed sticker on the reverse of the frame in the lower-right corner: “RP-645 / EV – 4357 / Mount-Vernon Tomb of Washington / APC. 120 / PST. 4. B / Mrs. Douglas Seaman, VR-WI”.
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c. 1840
c. 1840
