The Tomb of Washington
Datec. 1840
After
William Henry Brooke
(British, 1772 - 1860)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; hand-colored lithograph.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 10 1/2 in. x 14 5/8 in. (26.67 cm x 37.15 cm)
Credit LineMount Vernon Collection
Object numberM-1286.1
DescriptionThis print is an image of a man in nineteenth-century dress standing before the New Tomb of Washington. Also visible in the image is the Mount Vernon mansion and the Potomac River.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image, centered: "The Tomb of Washington. / Mount Vernon, Va., 1840. / Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St., NY".
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c. 1840
c. 1850
c. 1850
