Mount Vernon in Virginia / Alexander Robertson delineavit; Francis Jukes sculpsit. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Mount Vernon in Virginia / Alexander Robertson delineavit; Francis Jukes sculpsit.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mount Vernon in Virginia / Alexander Robertson delineavit; Francis Jukes sculpsit.
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Published in London on March 31, 1800, this aquatint shows Mount Vernon, George Washington's Virginia home, only a few months after his death in December 1799, when interest in his estate ran high on both sides of the Atlantic. Alexander Robertson supplied the original drawing, and Francis Jukes engraved and published the plate. Aquatint produces soft, tonal washes rather than hard lines, and this impression is in color, so it reads as both a view of the estate and a piece of early Washington memorabilia.
| Created / published | London : Pub'd by F. Jukes No. 10 Howland Street, 1800 March 31st. |
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| Medium | 1 print : aquatint, color. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1800.Aquatints Color 1800. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Homes & haunts. Dwellings--Virginia--1800. Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)--1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 988 × 771 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109383 |
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