U.S. Frigate Potomac, Passing Mount Vernon

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Date1834-1837

Publisher The American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge (active 1834-1837)

Geography Published - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, woodcut engraving.

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 11 in. x 7 in. (27.94 cm x 17.78 cm) Plate (H x W): Unknown, sheet has been trimmed. Image (H x W): 4 1/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. (10.8 cm x 14.61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Fields, 1994

Object numberEV-4263/RP-623

DescriptionPortrait format view of the east facade of the Mount Vernon mansion. The print image also includes a grove of trees and lawn in the foreground with a distant view of a ship on the Potomac River in the background. The image is in the upper half of the page and in the lower margin are two columns of text describing the Mount Vernon estate. This sheet is page 527, cut from the "American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge". An image and text description of steam engines and locomotive carriages is printed on the reverse side, which is page 528 of the magazine.
1834-1837

MarkingsPrinted in upper margin above the image: “Of Useful Knowledge”, “527”. Printed below image: “[U.S. Frigate Potomac, Passing Mount Vernon] / Mount Vernon.” . Printed below the image are two columns of text describing the history of George Washington's connection with the Mount Vernon estate, and why he is an important symbolic figure of American character and statehood. Printed below the image in the second column of text is a poem entitled: "A Dutiful Child Reading the Story of Joseph To A Sick Father.". Printed on the reverse in the upper margin above the image: "528", 'American Magazine". Printed on the reverse below the image: "Steam Engines and Locomotive Carriages.". Printed on the reverse below the image are two columns of text describing the origin and function of steam engines.

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