| Creator |
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist. |
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Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist. |
|
McAllister, John, 1786-1877, publisher. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Mount Vernon, the seat of the late Genl. Washington. [graphic] / Drawn by W. Birch; engraved by S. Seymour; Philadelphia,
published March 15, 1812.
|
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [restrike published by John McAllister?] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 38 x 59 cm (15 x 22 in.) |
| Description |
View of the first president's Virginia estate showing the residence and grounds near the Potomac River. Shows the house and
a white gentleman standing near the entrance. On the grounds, two white women with parasols promenade, an enslaved African
American man leads a horse, a white man carries a sickle and a bundle of wheat, and a dog chases another horse. In the left
background, a boat sails on the river.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from provenance and publication history. |
|
Originally published as a smaller plate in William Birch's Country Seats in the United States of North America (Philadelphia:
1804), this view was revised on a larger plate and reissued as a separate print by Birch in 1812. The popular larger 1812
plate was later republished, probably by John McAllister, around 1860.
|
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Reaccessioned as P.9683.5. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
African American men -- Virginia. |
|
Dogs -- Virginia. |
|
Farming -- Virginia. |
|
Horses -- Virginia. |
|
Laborers -- Virginia. |
|
Slavery -- Virginia. |
|
Enslaved persons -- Virginia. |
|
Women -- Virginia. |
|
Enslaved men -- Virginia. |
| Geographic subject |
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1860-1870. |
|
Restrikes -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
McAllister, John, 1786-1877, publisher. |
| Illustrator |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Residences - Mt. Vernon [5737.F] |
| Accession number |
5737.F |
