Details
Creator Currier & Ives.
Title The Washington family.
Publisher New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau Street
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1873
Date 1873
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 26.5 x 35 cm (10.25 x 13.75 in.)
Description Group portrait of George Washington, his wife Martha, and his two step-grandchildren gathered around a cloth-covered table. A seated George Washington, attired in civilian clothing, rests one arm on the table and the other on the shoulder of his step-grandson and namesake who stands next to a globe, which shows "America." His step-granddaughter, Nelly, stands next to a seated Martha on the other side of the table. Both are pointing at "North America, United States" on a large map unfurled on the table. William Lee, an African American man enslaved by Washington who worked as his valet including during the Revolutionary War, stands in the right background. He is attired in a white cravat and a black jacket and tucks his left hand into his jacket. A curtain is draped open near a column revealing a waterscape scene in the background.
Notes Title from item.
Names of sitters printed in margin below image.
Purchased with Davida T. Deutsch Women's History Fund
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 -- Portraits.
Lee, William, -- Portraits.
Lewis, Nelly Custis, 1779-1852 -- Portraits.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Portraits.
African American men.
Families.
Globes.
Maps.
Presidents -- United States.
Enslaved persons -- United States.
Slavery -- United States.
Enslaved labor -- United States.
Enslaved men -- United States.
Enslavement -- United States.
Enslavers -- United States.
Genre Group portraits. -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs. -- 1870-1880.
Portrait prints. -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Washington [P.2013.23]
Accession number P.2013.23