Birds Eye View of Mt. Vernon, The Home of Washington
Date1852
Artist
John Cameron
Printer
Charles Currier
(American, 1818 - 1887)
Publisher
Yale & Evans
(American, active c. 1855)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, hand-colored lithograph
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Overall (Image H x W): 13 1/4 in. x 17 1/8 in. (33.66 cm x 43.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1994
Object numberEV-4257/RP-622
DescriptionHorizontal, rectangular print depicting a bird’s eye view of the Mount Vernon landscape, including the mansion in the upper right, the tomb in the lower left, the summer house in the far right, and the Potomac River in the lower right foreground. Trees surround the buildings and people walk along paths connecting the buildings. The print is colored primarily in blue and red. MarkingsPrinted below image on left: “ON STONE BY J. CAMERON.” Printed below image in center: “Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by R. Yale & T.M. Evans, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern Dist. Of N.Y.” Printed below image on right: “C. CURRIER , LITH. N.Y.” Printed below image left of center: “Published by Yale & Evans”. Printed below image in center: BIRDS EYE VIEW OF / MT. VERNON, / THE HOME OF WASHINGTON.”
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