The tomb of Washington: Mount Vernon, Va. – Antique Print
![The tomb of Washington: Mount Vernon, Va., New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/55/5520e8fc9054-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with The tomb of Washington: Mount Vernon, Va., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The tomb of Washington: Mount Vernon, Va.
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The lithograph shows the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon, his Potomac River estate in Virginia, where he died in 1799 and where he and members of his family were laid to rest. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that printed inexpensive hand-colored views of American scenes, produced many images of Mount Vernon in the decades before the Civil War, when the house and grounds became a powerful symbol of national memory. The print's coloring and its emphasis on the quiet burial ground reflect the reverence Washington's home had come to command among Americans.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1910. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6562 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,333 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175172 |
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