03722ckm a2200793 a 4500 000141439 20231108103429.0 kj bo 010614s1860 nyunnn kneng d (CPomAG)AFR-811 3 ppl PPL dcrmg McRae, John, engraver. 13538 "Father, I cannot tell a lie: I cut the tree" [graphic] / Painted by G.G. White; Eng[raved by] John McRae. [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1860] 1 print : engraving ; sheet 52 x 69 cm (20.25 x 27 in.) Title from date. Date based on the active dates of engraver. Genre scene of the fictitious moment when the young George Washington confesses to his father, Augustine, a plantation owner, that he cut a cherry tree on their Virginia plantation. Depicts Washington's father holding his son's hand and comforting him. George looks up at his father and points his left hand towards the cut tree in the right. On the ground is an ax and an upturned hat. In the background, an enslaved African American man plows the pasture with a team of oxen, and an enslaved African American man and woman couple stands near the gate of a cottage, probably their dwelling. Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, 1978. Description revised 2021. Access points revised 2021. Washington, Augustine, approximately 1694-1743 Portraits. Washington, George, 1732-1799 Childhood and youth. Washington, George, 1732-1799 Portraits. African American couples Virginia. African American men Virginia. African American women Virginia. Cherry trees Virginia. lctgm Dwellings Virginia. lctgm Honesty. lctgm 73719 Plantations Virginia. lctgm Plowing Virginia. lctgm Enslaved persons Virginia. lctgm Woodcutting Virginia. lctgm Engravings 1850-1860. gmgpc Genre prints 1850-1860. gmgpc Enslaved men Virginia. local Enslaved people Structures Virginia. local Enslaved women Virginia. local SP3 African American History White, George G. (George Gorgas), -1898, artist. Imprint N.Y. New York. 1860. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT **GC - Washington [8384.F.16] 8384.F.16 2001/06/14 ep 2001/09/10 ja Pr **GC - Washington [8384.F.16] Pr 8384.F.16 LCPD **GC - Washington [8384.F.16] (CPomAG)00146386 134459 134459 000141439 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000141439 BATCH-UPD 00 20051211 0543 000141439 20060120 1808 000141439 20060201 1534 000141439 MASTER 40 20070410 1548 000141439 20071018 1952 000141439 ERIKA 40 20110120 1053 000141439 LINDA 40 20210611 1054 000141439 LINDA 40 20210604 1342 000141439 LINDA 40 20210611 0834 000141439 LINDA 40 20210603 1504 000141439 LINDA 40 20210604 1347 000141439 LINDA 40 20210604 1330 000141439 LINDA 40 20210604 1330 000141439 LINDA 40 20210604 1342 000141439 LINDA 40 20210604 1328 ppl N.Y. New York. 1860. Imprint