The Washington family--George Washington, his lady, and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis / painted & engraved by E. Savage. – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of The Washington family--George Washington, his lady, and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis / painted & engraved by E. Savage. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Washington family--George Washington, his lady, and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis / painted & engraved by E. Savage.
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Here Washington appears not alone but with his wife, Martha, and her two grandchildren, the Custis children, whom the couple raised at Mount Vernon after their father died in 1781. Edward Savage both painted and engraved the scene, and this color version was published in Philadelphia and London in 1798, with its title given in English and French. The group portrait was painted during the years Washington served as president, and it presents the family as a domestic unit, a deliberate contrast to the military and political images of him that circulated widely in the 1790s. Notice how the children stand close to their grandparents, which underlines that emphasis on family.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : Published by E. Savage & Robert Wilkinson, London, 1798. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving, color. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1790-1800.Group portraits 1790-1800.Engravings Color 1790-1800. |
| Notes | Title in English and French. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Family. Washington, Martha,--1731-1802--Family. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,450 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218535 |
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