Washington’s Home at Mount Vernon
Date1853-1860
After
N. S. Bennett
(American, active c. 1860)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; chromolithograph.
DimensionsImage (H x W): 8 1/4 in. × 7 in. (20.96 cm × 17.78 cm)
Overall (H x W): 13 in. × 10 in. (33.02 cm × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Beino Neuses, 1992
Object numberEV-4082/RP-552
DescriptionThis print is an oval view of the east front of Mount Vernon mansion.The north colonnade is visible to the right of the mansion and the Potomac River can be seen in the distance on the far left.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: “Washington’s Home / at / Mount Vernon / From a recent Photograph by N. S. Bennett, Alexandria, Va.”
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1853
c. 1801-1803
c.1852
c. 1852
c. 1852
c. 1870-1890
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