The Home of Washington
Based on a painting at the Met (05.35), this print imagines George Washington enjoying life at Mount Vernon after the end of the American Revolutionary War. He stands on the patio talking with the Marquis de Lafayette who holds a copy of the "Pennsylvania Gazette." Seated at right are Martha Washington with her granddaughter Nellie Custis, and possibly Nellie's mother Eleanor Custis. At left, a grandson, George Washington Custis and a Black woman play with a toy cannon near two dogs. The scene must be set after the Siege of Yorktown, which ended the war when the British surrendered on October 17, 1781 and the Marquis's return to France two months later.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Home of Washington
- Engraver: Thomas Oldham Barlow (British, Oldham, Lancashire 1824–1889 London)
- Artist: After Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (1818–1871)
- Artist: After Louis Remy Mignot (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1831–1870 Brighton)
- Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
- Sitter: Marquis de Lafayette (French, 1757–1834)
- Sitter: Martha Washington (American, 1731–1802)
- Sitter: Eleanor Parke Custis (American, 1779-1852)
- Sitter: George Washington Parke Custis (American, 1781–1857)
- Publisher: J. McClure (American, active 1863)
- Date: 1863
- Medium: Line and stipple engraving on steel
- Dimensions: Book: 18 1/4 x 14 3/16 x 1/2 in. (46.3 x 36 x 1.2cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Crane Hurlburt, 1933
- Object Number: 33.83.21
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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