Details
Contributor Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), lithographer.
Title Mount Vernon--Washington's Residence. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Thos. S. Wagner's lith., 38 Franklin Place
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 1 item : hand-colored lithograph, mounted on wood ; mount 18.5 x 29 cm (7.25 x 11.5 in.)
Description Puzzle showing the eastern facade of the mansion and grounds overlooking the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia owned by George Washington. White men and women promenade, white children play with a dog, cattle graze, and a white man handler walks a horse on the landscaped grounds in the foreground. George Washington, Martha Washington, and a white woman sit on the porch. An enslaved African American man servant, attired in a white collared shirt, a black jacket with tails, and black pants, stands to the left of them. The estate, originally granted to Washington's great-grandfather John Washington in 1674, was inherited by George in 1761 and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858.
Notes One of four puzzles, stored in two pieces, housed in clamshell box.
Purchase 1978.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Homes and haunts.
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Portraits.
African American men -- Virginia.
Children -- Virginia.
Dogs -- Virginia.
Estates -- Virginia.
Horses -- Virginia.
Play (Recreation) -- Virginia.
Racism in popular culture.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia.
Women -- Virginia.
Enslaved men -- Virginia.
Geographic subject Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Potomac River.
Genre Jigsaw puzzles -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.2]
Accession number 8418.F.2