Tombeau de Washington, en Virginie Etats Unis

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This drawing of Mount Vernon's new tomb by Francois Mathurin Adalbert, Vicomte de Courcy is the earliest known depiction of the structure created in 1831, the year the building was finished, and prior to the addition William Strickland's Gothic Revival addition in 1837.

Date1831

Geography Probably made - France

Medium/TechniqueInk and graphite on paper

DimensionsOverall: 11 9/16 in. × 15 7/8 in. (29.37 cm × 40.32 cm)

Credit LinePurchased by the Mary F. Barnes Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2018

Object numberM-5571

DescriptionThis drawing is a image of the Old Tomb of the Washington family on the Mount Vernon estate.

Francois Mathurin Adalbert, Vues dessinés d’après Nature dans mon voyage aux Etats-unis de l’Amerique du Nord en 1831, (1831)
Published ReferencesPablo Diener and Katherine Manthorne, Francois Mathurin Adalbert, Baron de Courcy Ilustraciones de un via, 1831-1833 (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1998).

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