Washington at Home
Date1867
Engraver
Currier and Ives
(American, active 1834 - 1907)
Publisher
Currier and Ives
(American, active 1834 - 1907)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject
Martha Washington
(American, 1731 - 1802)
Subject
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis
(American, 1779 - 1852)
Subject
George Washington Parke Custis
(American, 1781 - 1857)
Geography
Printed -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; chromolithograph
DimensionsOverall (frame): 29 in. x 36 in. (73.66 cm x 91.44 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bob Gibby's Family, 2009
Object numberM-4860
DescriptionThis print is a family portrait of George and Martha Washington and their grandchildren seated around a table in an interior scene. On the far right side of the print is a depiction of who is most likely the enslaved domestic servant William Lee. MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Lith. of Currier & Ives".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "152 Nassau Street, N.Y.".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1867 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office at the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of N.Y. / Washington at Home.".
Printed in ink below the image are the names of the figures: "Geo. Washn. Parke Custis.", "Genl. Washington.", "Eleanor Parke Custis.", "Mrs. Washington.".
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March 10 1798
c. 1850
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1845-1855
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