Residence 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 on paper; hand-colored lithograph.
DimensionsImage (H x W): 8 1/4 in. × 11 3/16 in. (20.96 cm × 28.42 cm)
Overall (H x W): 12 in. × 16 3/8 in. (30.48 cm × 41.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eleanor R. Seaman, Vice Regent for Wisconsin, and Douglas Seaman, 1994
Object numberEV-4358/RP-645
DescriptionThis print is an image of the facade of the Mount Vernon mansion facing the Potomac River. In the foreground are a number of figures pictured strolling on the lawn.MarkingsPrinted in ink above the image, centered: “MOUNT-VERNON”.
Printed in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: “Drawn from nature by Aug. Köller”.
Printed in ink below the image, centered: “New-York & Paris published by Goupil, Vilbert, & Co. / 14 / Residence 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-right corner of the image: “Lith. by Deroy_Printed by Cattier”.
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published 1835
