Washington at Home

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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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