Engraving
- Title:
- Washington at Mount Vernon
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.1106
- Creator:
- McNevin, John (1821-1894); Rogers, John (1808-1888); Virtue, Emmins & Co.
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1859
- Description:
- Engraving. Washington at Mount Vernon. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of a man with white hair, black hat, white collar, buttoned black vest, open black jacket, black pants, and buckled black shoes, walking through a hay field. He has a cane in his right hand and a small girl clings to his left pointing in to the field. Behind him a boy rides on a small horse being led by another man. The field is being worked by several slaves. Many work the hay in the field, two in the foreground are gathering and forming bales, one stands upon the stack while another hands bales up to him. A young slave boy also walks near Washington. A small dog is also present in the foreground. "Mc.Nevin / J. Rogers. / WASHINGTON AT MOUNT VERNON. / New York, Virtue, Emmins & Co. / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1859 by John Emmins in the clerks office of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York." printed below portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-10.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Washington, George (1732-1799)
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