Washington's House, Mount Vernon
Date1839
After
William Henry Bartlett
(English, 1809 - 1854)
Maker
James Tibbits Willmore
(British, 1800 - 1863)
Publisher
George Virtue and Co.
(English, 1794 - 1868)
Geography
Published -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, hand-colored engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (20.32 cm x 24.77 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 4 5/8 in. x 7 1/4 in. (11.75 cm x 18.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Beino Neuses, 1992
Object numberEV-4084/RP-552
DescriptionHorizontal, rectangular print of an east view of Mount Vernon. The mansion is situated in the right atop a grassy hill. In the foreground, three figures are gathered around a dog on the east lawn. To their left, a child facing away from the viewer gestures to a man with outstretched arms standing on the hill. In the distance, a couple points up to the mansion from the bottom of the hill. Trees surround the lawn on the left and boats pass on the Potomac River in the background.MarkingsPrinted below image on left: “W.H. Bartlett”. Printed below image on right: “J.T. Wilmore”. Printed in center below image: “WASHINGTON’S HOUSE, MOUNT VERNON.” Printed below title on right: “MAISON DE WASHINGTON, MOUNT VERNON”. Printed below title on left: “WASINGTON’S HAUS UND DER VERNON”. Printed at bottom of page in center: “London, Published for the proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839.”
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1842
c. 1850
