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Genl. Lafayette's Departure from Mount Vernon 1784

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  • Genl. Lafayette's Departure from Mount Vernon 1784

    Object Details

    depicted

    Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Marquis de Lafayette
    Custis, George Washington Parke
    Washington, George
    Washington, Martha
    Custis, Eleanor Parke

    maker

    Tholey, Charles P.
    Smith, John

    Description (Brief)

    Colored print of Washington and Lafayette shaking hands on the piazza (veranda) at Mount Vernon. Martha and her grandchildren stand behind Washington. A view of the Potomac River is in the background. A coach waits in the background.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

    date made

    1868

    ID Number

    DL.60.2588

    catalog number

    60.2588

    accession number

    228146

    Object Name

    lithograph

    Object Type

    Lithograph

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)
    ink (overall material)

    Measurements

    image: 18 in x 24 1/4 in; 45.72 cm x 61.595 cm

    place made

    United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    depicted

    United States: Potomac River
    United States: Virginia, Mount Vernon Manor

    Related Publication

    Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone

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    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Costume
    Architecture, Historic Residences
    Diplomacy
    Furnishings
    Blacks

    depicted

    Family

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-d926-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_324899

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