Plan of Mt. Vernon, The Home of Washington
Date1855
Lithographer
Charles Currier
(American, 1818 - 1887)
Publisher
Yale & Evans
(American, active c. 1855)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; lithograph.
DimensionsOverall: 15 5/8 in. x 12 1/2 in. (39.69 cm x 31.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, 1935
Object numberM-836
DescriptionThis print is a bird's-eye view plan of the Mount Vernon estate.MarkingsPrinted in ink above the image: "Plan of Mt. Vernon. / The Home of Washington."
Printed in ink on the upper portion of the image: "Lawn".
Printed in ink on the left side of the image: "Slaves Garden."
Printed in ink on the right side of the image: "Plank Walk. / Orchard."
Printed in ink below the image: "No. 1. Mansion 94 by 47 / A. Piazza. B. Hall. / C.C. Sitting Rooms. / D. Drawing Room / E. Library / 2.2 Corridors. / 3.3 Kitchens / No. 4. 4 Slave Houses. / 5. 5,5 Store Houses. / 6. 6 Slave Houses / 7. Ice House. / 8. Lawn in Rear / 9. Vegetable Garden. / 10. Flower Garden / No. 11. Green Houses. / 13. Sun Dial / 14. Brick Stable / 15. Block House. / 16. Milk House. / 17. Summer House. / No. 18 Old Tomb. / 19. New Tomb. / 20. 20, Pumps / 21. Negro Burying Ground. / 22. Seed Houses. / 23. Carriage House / (Price 12 1/2 Cts.)".
Printed in ink on the bottom edge of the print sheet: "Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1855, by R. Yale, in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of N.Y."
Printed in ink in the bottom-right corner of the print sheet: "C. Currier's Lith., 33 Spruce St., N.Y."
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