Washington’s Home at Mount Vernon

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Not on view

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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